Fukuroi Station (袋井駅, Fukuroi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
CA29 Fukuroi Station 袋井駅 | |||||
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 JR Fukuroi Station in 2015 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 2025-5 Takao, Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°44′29.5″N 137°55′33″E / 34.741528°N 137.92583°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Tokaido Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 238.1 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | April 16, 1889 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 5324 daily | ||||
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Lines
editFukuroi Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 238.1 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Station layout
editFukuroi Station has two island platforms, connected by a footbridge with an elevated station building above the tracks. The outside tracks, Track 1 and Track 4, are not in regular use, except during peak times in the summer festival season. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | auxiliary platform |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Kakegawa, Shizuoka |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi |
| 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | auxiliary platform |
Layout
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Station Building -
Ticket gate
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Kakegawa | Home Liner | Iwata | ||
| Aino | Local | Mikuriya | ||
History
editFukuroi Station was opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. From 1902-1962, it was an interchange station which also served the Akiha Line of the Shizuoka Railway. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on January 21, 1984.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Fukuroi Station was assigned station number CA29.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5324 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Fukuroi City Hall
See also
editReferences
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
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- Official home page(in Japanese)