Hamamatsu Station

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Hamamatsu Station 浜松駅
Hamamatsu Station north exit in 2008
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Hamamatsu
Ward	Naka
Neighborhood etc.	Sunayama-chō 6-2
Postal Code	430-0926
(in Japanese)	静岡県浜松市中区砂山町6-2
History
Opened	1888
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Statistics	37,250 passengers/day 2006
Major bus terminal(s) attached to station

Hamamatsu Station (浜松駅, Hamamatsu-eki^?) is an interchange railway station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 257.1 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. Hamamatsu is on the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen of Central Japan Railway Company.

History

Hamamatsu Station was officially opened on September 1, 1888. The station building was rebuilt in 1926, but this burned down during the Bombing of Hamamatsu in World War II. The station was rebuilt in 1948. Om October 1, 1964, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen began operations at Hamamatsu. Freight operations were relocated to the Nishi-Hamamatsu Freight Depot to the west in 1971. The station underwent a massive rebuilding program from the late 1970s, with the Tōkaidō Main Line tracks elevated in 1979 to the same level as the Tōkaidō Shinkansen tracks, and the "MayOne" shopping centre/new station building completed in 1981.

Lines

Central Japan Railway Company
- Tōkaidō Main Line
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen

Layout

Hamamatsu Station has a two island platforms serving Tracks 1-4 for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which are connected by an underpass a central concourse. At the same level as the Shinkansen tracks are the two island platforms serving Tracks 5-8 of the Tōkaidō Main Line. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

1	■Home Liner	Kakegawa ・ Shizuoka
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Toyohashi・ Nagoya
3	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Kakegawa ・ Shizuoka
	■Limited Express "Moonlight Nagara"	Shizuoka ・ Tokyo
4	■Tōkaidō Main Line	Toyohashi ・ Nagoya
	■Limited Express "Moonlight Nagara"	Nagoya ・ Ogaki
5	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	Shin-Yokohama ・ Tokyo
6	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	Nagoya ・Shin-Ōsaka ・ Hakata

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Kakegawa	-	Toyohashi
Tōkaidō Main Line
Tenryūgawa	Local		Takatsuka
Terminus	Sectional Rapid		Takatsuka
Terminus	New Rapid		Takatsuka
Terminus	Special Rapid		Takatsuka
Iwata	Home Liner		Terminus