Kanasashi Station (金指駅, Kanasashi-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.

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Kanasashi Station 金指駅
Kanasashi Station in December 2009
General information
Location	Inasa-cho, Kanasahi, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-2213 Japan
Coordinates	34°49′01″N 137°40′52″E
Operated by	Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Line(s)	■ Tenryū Hamanako Line
Distance	41.9 kilometers from Kakegawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1938
Passengers
FY2016	339 daily
Location Kanasashi Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Kanasashi Station Kanasashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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Kanasashi Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 41.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.

The station has a single island platform and a two-story station building. Until 1964, an adjacent island platform to the south of the station served a spur line of the Enshū Railway. The station building, platform and water tower are protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan since 2011.^[1][2]

Kanasashi Station was established on April 1, 1938, as the terminal station of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line. The line was further extended to Enshū-Mori Station by June 1, 1940. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from March 1985, marking the final end of all freight services on the line. On March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.^[3]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 339 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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