Shizuoka Station

Shizuoka Station (静岡駅, Shizuoka-eki) is a major railway station in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

CA17 Shizuoka 静岡
Shizuoka Station north side
Location	Kurogane-chō, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tokaido Shinkansen ■ Tokaido Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1889
Traffic
Passengers (FY2006)	60,372 daily
Location
CA17 Shizuoka Location within Japan

Lines

Shizuoka Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 180.2 rail km from Tokyo.

Station layout

Shizuoka Station has four platforms serving six tracks. Two island platforms with Tracks 1–4 serve the Tōkaidō Main Line trains, and long distance night trains. These platforms are connected with the station concourse via an underpass and are also connected at the same level to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms. The Shinkansen station consists of two opposing side platforms serving two tracks, with two central tracks for non-stop trains. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles, and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Numazu and Atami
	■ Sleeping Car trains	for Ōsaka, Shikoku, and Chugoku
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Numazu and Atami
	■ Limited Express Fujikawa	for Minobu and Kōfu
	■ Sleeping Car trains	for Ōsaka, Shikoku, Chugoku
3,4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Hamamatsu and Toyohashi
5	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Mishima and Tokyo
6	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Nozomi: Does not stop at this station
Odawara, Atami, or Mishima		Hikari		Hamamatsu or Nagoya
Shin-Fuji		Kodama		Kakegawa
Tōkaidō Main Line CA17
Fuji CA08		Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto & Sunrise Izumo		Hamamatsu CA34 (westbound) Osaka (JR-A47) (eastbound)
Shimizu CA14		Limited Express Fujikawa		Terminus
Shimizu CA14		Rapid		Fujieda CA22
Higashi-Shizuoka CA16		Local		Abekawa CA18

History

Shizuoka station first opened on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. A grand opening ceremony had been planned, but on this day a huge fire destroyed over 1,000 buildings in downtown Shizuoka. Railroad Minister Inoue Masaru cancelled his planned visit, and later the same day, the town around Gotemba Station, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, burned down. The initial Shizuoka Station building was rebuilt in 1907 and again in 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms were opened in 1964. In 1967, freight operations were relocated from Shizuoka Station to Higashi-Shizuoka Station (the present-day Shizuoka Freight Terminal). The station underwent a massive rebuilding program from the late 1970s, with the Tōkaidō Main Line tracks elevated in 1979 to the same level as the Tōkaidō Shinkansen tracks, and the Parche shopping centre/new station building completed in 1981. From 2006 to 2008, major renovations took place inside and around the station, including the underground walkways to and from the station, and the Asty shopping and dining complexes adjoined to the station.

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio (2002). Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing. ISBN 4-87687-234-1. (in Japanese)

External links

• Shizuoka Station information (JR Central) (in Japanese)