Inako Station (Shizuoka)

Inako Station
稲子駅
JR Inako Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Fujinomiya
Neighborhood etc. Shibakawa-chō Shimoinako
Postal code419-0312
(in Japanese)静岡県富士宮市芝川町下稲子
History
Year opened 1929
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Minobu Line
Statistics 32 passengers/day 2006

Inako Station (稲子駅 Inako-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 24.0 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Inako Station was opened on August 15, 1929 as part of the original Minobu Line for both passenger and freight services. It came under control of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight services were discontinued in 1961. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Layout

Inako Station consists of a single side platform for bi-directional traffic, located on a headshunt to permit passage of express trains. The station building has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles and is unmanned.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Minobu Line
Shibakawa - Tōshima

External links

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Coordinates: 35°13′51″N 138°32′13″E / 35.23083°N 138.53694°E