Kanaya Station (金谷駅, Kanaya-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is also used by the Ōigawa Railway.
CA25 Kanaya Station 金谷駅 | |||||
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 JR Kanaya Station in 2007 | |||||
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| Location | Kanaya, Shimada-shi, Shizuoka-ken} Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′09″N 138°07′32″E / 34.819097°N 138.125460°E | ||||
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| Distance | 212.9 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 3 side platforms | ||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | May 16, 1890 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 2563 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKanaya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 212.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also a terminus of the Ōigawa Railway’s Ōigawa Main Line and is 39.5 kilometers form the opposing terminus at Senzu Station.
Station layout
editJR Kanaya Station has a two opposing side platforms serving Track 1 and Track 2 which are on headshunts, allowing for tracks for express trains to pass in between. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.
The adjacent Ōigawa Kanaya Station has a single side platform. The platform is equipped with Selective Door Operation, as trains longer than four cars in length are too long for the platform. The station originally was built with a terminal headshunt, which is no longer in existence.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Shizuoka and Numazu |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Hamamatsu and Toyohashi |
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| 1 | ■ Ōigawa Main Line | For Shin-Kanaya and Senzu |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Home Liner: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Shimada | Local | Kikugawa | ||
| Ōigawa Railway | ||||
| Ōigawa Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | SL Express | Shin-Kanaya | ||
| Terminus | Local | Shin-Kanaya | ||
Station history
editKanaya Station was opened on May 16, 1890, a year after when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. The Ōigawa Railway service began on June 10, 1927. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kanaya Station was assigned station number CA25.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the JR portion station was used by an average of 2,019 passengers daily and the Ōigawa Railway portion by 277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)