Summary
Fujikawa Station (富士川駅, Fujikawa eki) is a train station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
CA09 Fujikawa Station 富士川駅 | |
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 JR Fujikawa Station in 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Naka-no-go 1228-4, Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°8′28″N 138°37′6″E / 35.14111°N 138.61833°E |
| Operated by |  JR Central |
| Line(s) |  Tōkaidō Main Line |
| Distance | 149.7 km from Tokyo |
| Platforms | 1 side +1 island platform |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | February 1, 1889 |
| Previous names | Iwabuchi (to 1970) |
| Passengers | |
| 2017 | 1484 daily |
| Location | |
  Fujikawa Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture  Fujikawa Station Fujikawa Station (Japan) | |
Lines edit
Fujikawa Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 149.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Station layout edit
Fujikawa Station has a single side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected to the station building by a footbridge. Track 2 is used for through transit of express trains. The station is staffed.
Platforms edit
| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Numazu・Mishima・Atami |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For express trains |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Shizuoka・Hamamatsu |
Adjacent stations edit
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Fujikawa: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Izumo: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Fuji | Local | Shin-Kambara | ||
Station history edit
Fujikawa Station first opened as Iwabuchi Station (岩淵駅, Iwabuchi-eki) on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. The initial plan for the Tōkaidō Main Line was to construct stations in accord with the traditional 53 stages of the Tōkaidō road. However, in between Fujikawa-juku and Kanbara-juku there was a traditionally unnumbered intermediary post station where a branch road led to the pilgrimage location of Mount Minobu. It was decided to build a railroad station at this location, and to bypass nearby Kambara Town instead. This led to a predictable uproar from Kambara, so Kambara Station was built a year later, but at an inconvenient distance outside of town, so as to keep the spacing between stations fairly even. A station in the center of Kambara was not actually built until Shin-Kambara Station in 1968. Iwabuchi Station was renamed "Fujikawa" in 1970.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Fujikawa Station was assigned station number CA09.[1][2]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1484 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area edit
- Fujikawa Post Office
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)) (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 edit
- Official home page.(in Japanese)