Nishi-Kozakai Station
CA43 Nishi-Kozakai Station 西小坂井駅 | |||||
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_03.jpg) Nishi-Kozakai Station, April 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Maeyama-20 Inachō, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken 441-0105 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′51″N 137°21′7″E / 34.79750°N 137.35194°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 298.4 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Station code | CA43 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | August 1, 1948 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 1212 daily | ||||
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Nishi-Kozakai Station (西小坂井駅, Nishi-Kozakai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Lines
[edit]Nishi-Kozakai Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 298.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has a two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, track 1 is not in use. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Toyohashi・Hamamatsu |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Okazaki・Nagoya |
| 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Okazaki・Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| New Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Sectional Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Toyohashi | Local | Aichi-Mito | ||
Station history
[edit]Nishi-Kozakai Station began operations on June 10, 1945 as Nishi-Ina Signal (西伊奈信号場, Nishi-Ina-shingō-shō) on the Tōkaidō Main Line. It was elevated to a full station under its present name on August 1, 1948. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1972, and parcel services by 1984. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation from November 25, 2006.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Nishi-Kozakai Station was assigned station number CA43.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1213 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- site of Ushikubo Castle
- Ushikubo Elementary School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "平成30年版豊川市の統計）2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
External links
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Media related to Nishi-Kozakai Station at Wikimedia Commons
