Kamezaki Station (亀崎駅, Kamezaki-eki) is a railway station on the Taketoyo Line in the city of Handa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
CE05 Kamezaki Station 亀崎駅 | |||||
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.jpg) Kamezaki Station in December 2023 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 2-chōme-156 Kamezaki-Tokiwachō, Handa-shi, Aichi-ken 475-0029 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°55′08″N 136°57′40″E / 34.9188°N 136.9610°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Taketoyo Line | ||||
| Distance | 10.2 kilometers from Ōbu | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Station code | CE05 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | March 1, 1886 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2018 | 2739 daily | ||||
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The station is the oldest actively used station building in Japan.[1][2]
Lines
editKamezaki Station is served by the Taketoyo Line, and is located 10.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōbu Station.
Station layout
editThe station has two opposing side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles, and is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Taketoyo Line | for Ōbu |
| 2 | ■ Taketoyo Line | for Taketoyo |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Taketoyo Line | ||||
| Higashiura | Local | Okkawa | ||
Station history
editKamezaki Station was opened on March 1, 1886, as a passenger and freight station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from November 15, 1975. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. Automatic turnstiles were installed in May 1992, and the TOICA system of magnetic fare cards was implemented in November 2006. The station building, dating from 1886 and rebuilt after a fire in 1895, is one of the oldest in Japan.[3]
Station numbering was introduced to the Taketoyo Line in March 2018; Kamezaki Station was assigned station number CE05.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2,739 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]
Surrounding area
edit- Kamezaki Elementary School
- Kamezaki Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "もうすぐ140歳の通勤路線!? どうなる「愛知県最初の鉄道」の歴史遺産 電化経てついに変化のとき". 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Going retro: Tokyo Station, and 17 historical train stations in Japan!". JR Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ Kawai, Yuhei (2009). Taketoyo-sen Monogatari. 交通新聞社. ISBN 4330046091.
- ^ "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.
- ^ (3)主要駅別乗車人員(1日平均) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Chita City. 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
External links
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Media related to Kamezaki Station at Wikimedia Commons