Atami Station

Atami Station
熱海駅
JR Atami Station in 2004
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Atami
Neighborhood etc. Tahara Honchō
Postal code413-0011
(in Japanese)静岡県熱海市田原本町
History
Year opened 1925
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
JR Central
Line(s) Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tōkaidō Main Line
Itō Line
Medium bus terminal at this station

Atami Station (熱海駅 Atami-eki) is a railway station in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Atami Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, and Itō Line. The station is 104.6 km from Tokyo Station.

JR East

JR Central

Layout

Due to its location on the side of a steep hill, Atami Station is built on several levels. On the lowest level is the station building itself, with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter. The Tōkaidō Main Line and Itō Line share one side platform and two island platforms with five tracks connected by an underpass to the station building. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen with two opposing side platforms is one level higher, and is connected to the non-express platforms by an underpass.

Platforms

1 ■Itō Line Itō, (Izukyū Corporation) Izukyū-Shimoda
2・3 ■Tōkaidō Line for Mishima, Numazu, Shizuoka, and Hamamatsu
■Itō Line for Itō and Izukyū-Shimoda
4・5 ■Tōkaidō Line for Odawara, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, and Tokyo
6 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya, Shin-Osaka, and Hakata
7 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Odawara, Shin-Yokohama, Shinagawa, and Tokyo

Adjacent Stations

«Service»
Itō Line
Yugawara
Yokohama		 Super View Odoriko Itō
Yugawara Odoriko Kinomiya
Mishima
(Yugawara) Local Kinomiya
Tōkaidō Main Line
Yugawara   Rapid Acty   Terminus
Yugawara   Local   Kannami
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Nozomi: no stop
Hikari: no stop
Odawara   Kodama   Mishima

History

Atami Station opened on March 25, 1925. On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service to Mishima and Numazu began. The Itō Line began operations at Atami from March 30, 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen began operations at Atami from October 1, 1964.

Accidents

On June 27, 2002 at 10:37, a person was hit and killed by a train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.[1]

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
  1. ↑ Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002–2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002–2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.

External links

Media related to Atami Station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 35°06′12″N 139°04′40″E / 35.10333°N 139.07778°E