Shinjohara Station
Shinjohara Station 新所原駅 | |
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| JR Shijohara Station in 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka) |
| City | Kosai |
| Neighborhood etc. | 3-4-1 Shinjohara |
| Postal code | 431-0424 |
| (in Japanese) | 静岡県湖西市新所原三丁目4-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1936 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR Central Tenryū Hamanako Railroad |
| Line(s) | Tōkaidō Main Line Tenryū Hamanako Line |
| Statistics | 3,636 (JR) 558 (Tenryū Hamanako Line) passengers/day (FY2006) |
 Small bus terminal at this station | |
Shinjohara Station (新所原駅 Shinjohara-eki) is a railway station in Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan, on both the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tenryū Hamanako Line The station is 282.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo and is a terminal station for the Tenryū Hamanako Line. The station serves both Kosai, and a portion of Toyohashi city. The border between Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture bisects the platform of Shinjohara Station.
Lines
Shinjohara Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line.
Station layout
The JR Central station has a side platform serving track 1, and an island platform serving tracks 2 and 3, but track 3 is seldom used. The platforms are connected by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.
The Tenryū Hamanako Line Station is a terminal station and has a single side platform serving Track 1. The station building is a two-story structure located to the east of the single-story JR building.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | for Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, and Numazu |
| 2・3 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | for Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, and Maibara |
| 1 | ■Tenryū Hamanako Line | for Kakegawa |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Washizu | Special Rapid | Futagawa | ||
| Washizu | New Rapid | Futagawa | ||
| Washizu | Local | Futagawa | ||
| Tenryū Hamanako Line | ||||
| Asumomae | - | Terminus | ||
History
On September 1, 1888 the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed, and a signal box was established at the site of present-day Shinjohara Station on February 13, 1936. With the establishment of the Futamata Line (the future Tenryū Hamanako Line), a station was established on December 1, 1936 for both passenger and freight services. Freight service was discontinued on April 26, 1971.
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shinjohara Station. |
- Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 34°43′24″N 137°29′06″E / 34.7233257°N 137.485013°E