Takatsuka Station
Takatsuka Station 高塚駅 | |
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 JR Takatsuka Station in 2005 | |
| Location |
Takatsuka-cho, Minami, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka （浜松市南区高塚町） Japan |
| Operated by | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Tōkaidō Main Line |
| Connections |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2006) | 2,382 daily |
Takatsuka Station (高塚駅 Takatsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 262.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
History
A signal box was established at the location of modern Takatsuka Station on March 31, 1911. This became a full train station on July 1, 1929. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on April 24, 1971; however, occasional freight trains continued to use a shunt from the station to a nearby Suzuki Motors engine plant until October 1, 1983.
Lines
Layout
Takatsuka Station has one side platform serving Track 1, and one island platforms, serving Track 2 and Track 3 (which was formerly dedicated to freight trains and is no longer in use. The two platforms are connected by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, Maebara |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Numazu |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | unused |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Hamamatsu | Special Rapid | Maisaka | ||
| Hamamatsu | New Rapid | Maisaka | ||
| Hamamatsu | Local | Maisaka | ||
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
Coordinates: 34°41′25″N 137°40′54″E / 34.69028°N 137.68167°E