Shin-Kanaya Station

Shin-Kanaya Station (新金谷駅, Shin-Kanaya-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Ōigawa Railway.

Shin-Kanaya Station 新金谷駅
Shin-Kanaya Station
General information
Location	Kanaya-Higashi 2-1112-2, Shimada-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	34°49′34″N 138°08′14″E
Operated by	Ōigawa Railway
Line(s)	■Ōigawa Main Line
Distance	1.3 kilometers from Kanaya
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
History
Opened	June 10, 1927
Passengers
FY2017	504 daily
Location Shin-Kanaya Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Shin-Kanaya Station Shin-Kanaya Station (Japan)

Platform

Lines

Shin-Kanaya Station is on the Ōigawa Main Line and is 2.3 from the terminus of the line at Kanaya Station.

Station layout

The station has a single island platform. The station has a turntable and a locomotive maintenance shed, both primarily used for steam locomotives. The station has many shunt tracks, and is a boneyard for obsolete locomotives formerly in use on the Ōigawa Railway or the Japan National Railway. The station building is a two-story clapboard wooden structure connected to the platform by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōigawa Railway
Ōigawa Main Line
Kanaya		SL Express		Ieyama
Kanaya		Local		Daikanchō

Station history

Shin-Kanaya Station was opened on June 10, 1927, the same day that the Ōigawa Railway began service.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 504 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Nippon Saemon Kubiki-zuka

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Shin-Kanaya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ōigawa Railway home page