Okazaki Station (岡崎駅, Okazaki-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the Aichi Kanjō Railway (Aikan).
CA52 Okazaki Station 岡崎駅 | |||||
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 West gate of Okazaki Station in June 2005 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Higashiarako Hanecho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°55′32″N 137°09′26″E / 34.9255953°N 137.1573114°E | ||||
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| Distance | 325.9 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island + 1 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Station code | CA52, 01 | ||||
| Website | Official website (JR) Official website (Aikan) | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | September 1, 1888 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 18,138 daily (JR) 5,198 (Aikan) | ||||
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Lines
editOkazaki Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 325.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also the southern terminus of the Aichi Loop Line and is 45.3 kilometers from the northern terminus at Kōzōji Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two island platforms serving 4 tracks, and a side platform with one track. It shared facilities for the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Aichi Loop Line. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA, Manaca, Suica and PASMO automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 0 | ■ Aichi Loop Line | Shin-Toyota, Kozoji |
| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Toyohashi, Hamamatsu |
| ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōbu, Nagoya | |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Toyohashi, Hamamatsu |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōbu, Nagoya |
| 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōbu, Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Aichi Loop Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Mutsuna | ||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Gamagori | Special Rapid | Anjō | ||
| Kōda | New Rapid | Anjō | ||
| Kōda | Rapid | Anjō | ||
| Kōda | Sectional Rapid | Anjō | ||
| Aimi | Local | Nishi-Okazaki | ||
Station history
editOkazaki Station was opened September 1, 1888 when the section of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) line connecting Hamamatsu with Obu was completed. This line was named Tōkaidō Line in 1895, and the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909. The Nishio Railway began operations to Okazaki Station from October 30, 1911 (later taken over by Meitetsu, operations were discontinued in 1943). In 1930, the first bus system operated by the national government began operations from Okazaki Station. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR). A portion of the former Nishio Line was reopened in December 1951 as the "Fukuoka Line", which operated to June 1962. The JNR Okata Line (the forerunner of the Aichi Loop Line) began freight operations in October 1970 and passenger operations in April 1976. However, freight operations were discontinued in January 1984. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. A new elevated station building was completed in October 1990.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Okazaki Station was assigned station number CA52.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 18,138 passengers daily (arriving passengers only) and the Aichi Loop Railway portion by 5,198.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Okazaki City Hall
- Okazaki Technical High School
- Okazaki Minami Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
- ^ "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.
- ^ City of Okazaki Statistics Portal (in Japanese). Japan: Okazaki City. 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
External links
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Media related to Okazaki Station at Wikimedia Commons