Yoshiwara Station (吉原駅, Yoshiwara-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a terminus for the private railway operator Gakunan Electric Train Company and a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company.
CA07 Yoshiwara Station 吉原駅 | |||||
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 Yoshiwara Station north exit in 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Suzukawa-Honchō 14, Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°8′41″N 138°42′5″E / 35.14472°N 138.70139°E | ||||
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| Distance | 141.3 kilometers from Fuji | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island +1 bay platforms | ||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||
| Station code | CA07 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | February 1, 1889 | ||||
| Previous names | Suzukawa (until 1956) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2017 | 3358 (JR), 1016 (Gakunan) daily | ||||
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Lines
editYoshiwara Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 141.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is the terminus of the Gakunan Railway Line.
Layout
editJR Yoshiwara Station has a single island platform serving Track 1 and Track 2, which are on passing loops On the outside of either track are tracks to permit the through transit of express trains. The platform is connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Gakunan Electric Railway portion of the station has a bay platform with two tracks, only one of which is in normal daily use.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Numazu・Mishima・Atami |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Fuji・Shizuoka |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line CA07 | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Fuji CA08 | Local | Higashi-Tagonoura CA06 | ||
| Gakunan Electric Train | ||||
| Gakunan Railway Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Jatco-mae | ||
History
editYoshiwara Station first opened as Suzukawa Station (鈴川駅, Suzukawa-eki) on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It became a terminus for the Gakunan Railway on November 18, 1949 and was renamed Yoshiwara Station (after Yoshiwara-juku on the old Tōkaidō on April 10, 1956. The present station building dates from 1970. Container freight services began operations from 1994.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Yoshiwara Station was assigned station number CA07.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the JR station was used by an average of 3358 passengers daily and the Gakunan station was used by an average of 2016 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Japan National Route 1
- Tagonoura Port
See 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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- JR Central Station Information (in Japanese)