Kakegawa Station
CA27 Kakegawa Station 掛川駅 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Minami, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°46′11″N 138°00′54″E / 34.76972°N 138.01500°E | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 229.3 km (142.5 mi) from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 April 1889 | ||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 12,287 daily | ||||||||||
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Kakegawa Station (掛川駅, Kakegawa-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is connected to the adjacent Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Kakegawa Station, which is located in a separate building.
Overview
[edit]Since the station was established in 1988 (Showa 63) , immediately after the privatization of the Japanese National Railways, only the local " Kodama " has stopped at this station on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Shin-Fuji Station and Mikawa-Anjo Station , which also opened in 1988 , are also stops for "Kodama" trains, but this station has the most users among them, surpassing Gifu-Hashima Station and Maibara Station (only on JR Central lines), where some " Hikari " trains stop.
The Tenryu Hamanako Line is a converted line of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Futamata Line and starts from this station. For details on the operation of the Tokaido Main Line, see " Tokaido Line (Shizuoka area) ".
The station is designated CA27 on the Tokaido Line. The administrative code for JR Kakegawa Station is ▲ 520123
History
[edit]- April 16, 1889 (Meiji 22) : The government railway between Shizuoka Station and Hamamatsu Station opens for business .
- April 1, 1895 (Meiji 28) : The line name was established. It became part of the Tokaido Line (which was renamed the Tokaido Main Line in 1909 ).
- May 30, 1930 (Showa 5) – Emperor Showa visits Shizuoka Prefecture. A special train departs from Shimada Station and arrives at Kakegawa Station .
- April 17, 1935 ( Showa 10) : The Futamata Line is opened to Totomimori Station, which becomes a connecting station .
- June 1940 (Showa 15): The station was rebuilt into its current wooden structure (the second generation).
- January 21, 1984 : Cargo handling was discontinued.
- March 14, 1985 : Baggage handling was discontinued.
- 1987 (Showa 62)
- February 15 : Midori no Madoguchi opens .
- March 15 : The Futamata Line is privatized and converted into the Tenryu Hamanako Railway .
- April 1: With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways , the Tokaido Main Line stations are transferred to JR Central .
- March 13, 1988 (Showa 63) : The Tokaido Shinkansen station opens . As it is a petition-based station, the construction costs were borne by the local community .
- November 28, 1992 : Automatic ticket gates were introduced at stations on the Tokaido Main Line .
- March 17, 1998 : Automatic ticket gates were introduced at Shinkansen stations .
- June 11, 2002 : A late-night Shinkansen "special edition" departed from this station to transport passengers returning home from the 2002 FIFA World Cup .
- March 1, 2008 : The IC card " TOICA " becomes available. It becomes possible to exit the ticket gate for the Tenhama Line with TOICA.
- February 1, 2010 : The station was made barrier-free with multi-purpose restrooms, elevators, escalators, and an elevated access passageway .
- December 2012: Construction of a temporary station building begins in connection with earthquake-proofing work on the wooden station building at the north exit .
- 2013 (Heisei 25)
- March 20 : The temporary station building begins handling passengers .
- May 13 : Demolition work on the station building begins .
- July: Construction of the new station building begins .
- January 26, 2014 : The new station building begins serving passengers .
Lines
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Kakegawa Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and the Tōkaidō Main Line and is 229.3 kilometers (142.5 mi) from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus for the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line and is located 67.7 kilometers (42.1 mi) from the opposing terminus at Shinjohara Station.
Layout
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JR Kakegawa Station has five platforms serving eight tracks. The Tōkaidō Main Line Track 1 is served by a side platform connected to the main station building's north exit and the Tenryū Hamanako Line station. It is used for departing both east and west. Track 2 and Track 3 are served by an island platform. Both platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass, which also connects to the two elevated side platforms used by the Shinkansen (Track 4 and Track 5, with two additional centre tracks for non-stop passing trains). The north side of the station is a wooden structure dating from 1940. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Shimada・Shizuoka・Hamamatsu・Toyohashi |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Shimada・Shizuoka |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Hamamatsu・Toyohashi |
| 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen | Shizuoka ・ Tokyo |
| 5 | ■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen | Nagoya ・ Shin-Osaka |
Transfers
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Transfer is available from the JR line to the Tenryū Hamanako Line, whose terminus bay platform is in a separate building adjacent to the north exit of the JR station.
| 1・2 | ■ Tenryū-Hamanako Railway | Tenryū Futamata Station・Shinjohara Station |
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Adjacent stations
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| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Kikugawa | Local | Aino | ||
| Kikugawa | Home Liner | Fukuroi | ||
| Tenryū Hamanako Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae | ||
History
[edit]Kakegawa Station was first opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. In 1935 the first section of the Tenryū Hamanako Line opened, with Kakegawa Station as its terminus. On March 13, 1988 the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms opened on the south side of the station.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kakegawa Station was assigned station number CA27.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 11,292 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Tenryū Hamanako portion was used by 995 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[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） [Shizuoka Prefectural statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (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)
- Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information (in Japanese)
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