Shimizu Station (Shizuoka)

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Shimizu Station 清水駅
Shimizu Station's East Gate
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Shizuoka
Ward	Shimizu
(in Japanese)	静岡市清水区真砂町
History
Opened	February 1, 1889
Rail services
Operator(s)	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
There is a major bus terminal at this station.

Shimizu Station (清水駅, Shimizu eki^?) is a train station in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

1 Lines
- 1.1 Platforms
2 Station outline
3 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

Central Japan Railway Company
- Tōkaidō Main Line

[edit] Platforms

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Fuji・Numazu・Mishima・Atami
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Shizuoka・Hamamatsu

[edit] Station outline

Shimizu station was first opened in 1889 as Ejiri Station; so named after Ejiri-juku, the 18th station of the historical Tōkaidō. In 1934 it was was renamed to Shimizu Station. From 1916 the Shimizukō Line ran as a branch line from Shimizu Station through the industrial port area of the town before terminating in Miho. In 1984 this line torn up and replaced by a bus service.

Between 1926 and 1964 Sodeshi Station was situated 2.3 km towards Okitsu Station, operating in the summer months to cater for beach goers. Sodeshi Station closed in 1971. Transfer to the Shizuoka-Shimizu Railway is available via Shin-Shimizu Station, a ten minute walk from the east exit. The current station building was completed in June 2003.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Okitsu		Local	Kusanagi

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Stations of the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line (Atami - Maibara)

(for Tokyo <<) Atami • Kannami • Mishima • (for for Kōzu <<) Numazu • Katahama • Hara • Higashi-Tagonoura • Yoshiwara • Fuji (>> for Kōfu) • Fujikawa • Shin-Kambara • Kambara • Yui • Okitsu • Shimizu • Kusanagi • Higashi-Shizuoka • Shizuoka • Abekawa • Mochimune • Yaizu • Nishi-Yaizu • Fujieda • Rokugō • Shimada • Kanaya • Kikugawa • Kakegawa • Aino • Fukuroi • Iwata • Toyodachō • Tenryūgawa • Hamamatsu • Takatsuka • Maisaka • Bentenjima • Araimachi • Washizu • Shinjohara • Futagawa • Toyohashi (>> for Tatsuno) • Nishi-Kozakai • Aichi-Mito • Mikawa-Ōtsuka • Mikawa-Miya • Gamagōri • Mikawa-Shiotsu • Sangane • Kōda • Okazaki • Nishi-Okazaki • Anjō • Mikawa-Anjō • Higashi-Kariya • Noda-Shimmachi • Kariya • Aizuma • Ōbu (>> for Taketoyo) • Kyōwa • Ōdaka • Kasadera • Atsuta • (for Shiojiri >>) Kanayama • Otōbashi • Nagoya (>> for Kameyama) • Biwajima • Kiyosu • Inazawa • Owari-Ichinomiya • Kisogawa • Gifu (>> for Inotani) • Nishi-Gifu • Hozumi • Ōgaki • Tarui • Sekigahara • Kashiwabara • Ōmi-Nagaoka • Samegai • Maibara (>> for Osaka)