Okitsu Station

Okitsu Station 興津駅
JR Okitsu Station in 2005
Location	Okitsu-Nakamachi, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka （静岡県静岡市清水区興津中町） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1889
Traffic

Passengers (2006)	2,476 daily

Okitsu Station (興津駅, Okitsu-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 164.3 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Okitsu Station was opened on February 1, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It is located near the site of Okitsu-juku on the old Tōkaidō. The area quickly developed into a summer seaside resort for the aristocracy, politicians and noted literary figures in the Meiji and Taisho periods. A noted resident of Okitsu was the genrō Saionji Kinmochi, whose practice was to order express trains to make a special unscheduled stop at Okitsu Station whenever he wanted to travel. The station building was rebuilt in 1930 and in 1981.

Between 1926 and 1964 Sodeshi Station was situated 2.4 km towards Shimizu Station, operating in the summer months to cater for beach goers. Sodeshi Station closed in 1971.

Lines

Central Japan Railway Company
- Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Okitsu Station has a single side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected to the station building by an overpass. Track 3 is used for terminating services arriving from east and west, and also for services departing in both directions. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Yui		Local	Shimizu

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Stations of the Tokaido Main Line (JR Central)

Atami Kannami Mishima Numazu Katahama Hara Higashi-Tagonoura Yoshiwara Fuji 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 Nishi-Kozakai Aichi-Mito Mikawa-Ōtsuka Mikawa-Miya Gamagōri Mikawa-Shiotsu Sangane Kōda Aimi Okazaki Nishi-Okazaki Anjō Mikawa-Anjō Higashi-Kariya Noda-Shimmachi Kariya Aizuma Ōbu Kyōwa Minami-Ōdaka Ōdaka Kasadera Atsuta Kanayama Otōbashi Nagoya Biwajima Kiyosu Inazawa Owari-Ichinomiya Kisogawa Gifu Nishi-Gifu Hozumi Ōgaki Tarui Sekigahara Kashiwabara Ōmi-Nagaoka Samegai Maibara

Mino-Akasaka Branch:	Ōgaki Arao Mino-Akasaka

References

Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)

External links

Official home page.(Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°3′9″N 138°31′19″E / 35.05250°N 138.52194°E / 35.05250; 138.52194

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