Iwata_Station_(Shizuoka)

Iwata Station (Shizuoka)

Iwata Station (Shizuoka)

Railway station in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Iwata Station (磐田駅, Iwata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

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Platform

Lines

Iwata Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 245.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has a side platform serving Track 1, which is an infrequently used auxiliary platform, and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3. The two platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line auxiliary platform
2 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Shizuoka, Numazu
3 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

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History

Iwata Station was built as Nakaizumi Station (中泉駅, Nakaizumi-eki) on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. It was renamed “Iwata Station” on October 10, 1942. The station building was rebuilt in 1915, 1957, and 2000. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on February 26, 1996; however, occasional freight trains operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company stopped at a rail siding at Iwata to service the industrial zone to the east of the station.

A large bus terminal was established at the south exit of the station in 2006.

A statue of the local football club Júbilo Iwata's mascot, Júbilo-kun, modeled on the black-tailed flycatcher, stands prominently in front of the station's north exit. Buses at the stop nearby provide service to the club's stadium, Yamaha Stadium, on game days.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Iwata Station was assigned station number CA31.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 8175 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Iwata City Hall

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    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)
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