Shizuoka Station
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Shizuoka Station 静岡駅
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| Location | |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka) |
| City | Shizuoka |
| Ward | Aoi |
| Neighborhood etc. | Kurogane-chō |
| Postal Code | 420-0851 |
| (in Japanese) | 静岡県静岡市葵区黒金町 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
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| Operator(s) | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line |
| Statistics | 60,372 passengers/day 2006 |
 Major bus terminal(s) attached to station
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Shizuoka Station (静岡駅 Shizuoka-eki) is a major railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Shizuoka, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line. The station is 180.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo.
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History
Shizuoka station first opened in February 1 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. A grand opening ceremony had been planned, but on this day a huge fire destroyed over 1,000 buildings in downtown Shizuoka. Railroad Minister Inoue Masaru cancelled his planned visit, and later the same day, the town around Gotemba Station, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, burned down. The initial Shizuoka Station building was rebuilt in 1907 and again in 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms were opened in 1964. In 1967, freight operation were relocated from Shizuoka Station to Higashi-Shizuoka Station (the present-day Shizuoka Freight Terminal). 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 "Parche" shopping centre/new station building completed in 1981. From 2006-2008, major renovations took place inside and around the station, including the underground walkways to and from the station, and the Asty shopping and dining complexes adjoined to the station.
On October 25, 2006, a man was killed as he fell in front of a train travelling on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen lines. [1]
Station layout
JR Shizuoka Station has four platforms serving six tracks. Two island platforms with Tracks 1-4 serve the Tōkaidō Main Line trains, and long distance night trains. These platforms are connected with the station concourse via an underpass and are also connected at the same level to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms. The Shinkansen platforms are opposing side platforms on headshunts, allowing for tracks for express trains to pass in between. The The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | Numazu ・ Atami |
| ■Sleeping Car Service Trains | For Ōsaka ・ Shikoku ・ Chugoku | |
| 2 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | Numazu ・ Atami |
| ■Limited Express "Fujikawa" | Minobu ・ Kōfu | |
| ■Sleeping Car Service Trains | For Ōsaka ・ Shikoku ・ Chugoku | |
| 3,4 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | Hamamatsu ・ Toyohashi |
| 5 | ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen | Mishima ・ Tokyo |
| 6 | ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen | Shin-Ōsaka ・ Hakata |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tōkaidō Shinkansen | ||||
| Shin-Fuji | Kakegawa | |||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | Commuter Rapid | Yaizu | ||
| Shimizu | Rapid | Shimada | ||
| Higashi-Shizuoka | Local | Abekawa | ||
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4876872341.(Japanese)
External links
- Official home page.(Japanese)
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Coordinates: 34°58′18″N 138°23′20″E / 34.97167°N 138.38889°Ede:Bahnhof Shizuoka
ko:시즈오카 역pl:Dworzec Shizuoka
ru:Сидзуока (станция)
su:Stasion Shizuoka
zh:靜岡站
