Atami Station

Atami Station (熱海駅, Atami-eki) is a railway station in the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

JT21 CA00 Atami Station 熱海駅
Atami Station in April 2018
Location	Tahara Honchō, Atami-shi, Shizuoka-ken 413-0011 Japan
Coordinates	35°06′12″N 139°04′40″E
Operated by	JR East JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Shinkansen JT Tōkaidō Main Line JT Itō Line
Distance	104.6 km from Tokyo
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 25, 1925
Passengers
FY2017	15,458 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Central Following station Mishima (limited service) toward Shin-Ōsaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen Hikari (limited service) Odawara (limited service) toward Tokyo Mishima toward Shin-Ōsaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kodama Odawara toward Tokyo
Other services JT Preceding station JR East Following station through to JR Central Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto Yokohama YHMJT05 toward Tokyo Itō JT26 Terminus Saphir Odoriko Yokohama YHMJT05 toward Tokyo or Shinjuku Ajiro JT24 toward Itō Odoriko Yugawara JT20 toward Tokyo through to JR Central Terminus Tōkaidō Line Rapid Acty through to Itō Line and JR Central Tōkaidō Line   Local & Rapid Rabbit/Urban Yugawara JT20 toward Tokyo Kinomiya JT22 toward Itō Itō Line through to Tokaido Main Line (JR East) Preceding station JR Central Following station Numazu CA03 toward Maibara Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto through to JR East Mishima CA02 Terminus Odoriko Kannami CA01 toward Maibara Tōkaidō Line Local
Location
Atami Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Atami Station Atami Station (Japan)

Lines

Atami Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen and is 104.6 km from Tokyo Station, as well as Tōkaidō Main Line serves extending westward from Atami. The JR East portion of the station serves the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo Station and Atami, and the station is also the northern terminal station of the Itō Line.

Station layout

Due to its location on the side of a steep hill, Atami Station is built on several levels. On the lowest level is the station building itself, with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Tōkaidō Main Line and Ito Line share one side platform and two island platforms with five tracks connected by an underground passage to the station building. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen with two opposing side platforms is one level higher, and is connected to the lower platforms by an underground passage.

Platforms

1	JT Ito Line	for Itō and Izukyū-Shimoda
2,3	■ Tōkaidō Line (JR Central)	for Mishima, Numazu, Shizuoka, and Hamamatsu
	JT Ito Line	for Itō and Izukyū-Shimoda
4,5	JT Tōkaidō Line (JR East)・Ueno-Tokyo Line	for Odawara, Yokohama, Tokyo JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
6	■ Tōkaidō・Sanyō Shinkansen	for Nagoya, Kyōto, Shin-Osaka, Okayama and Hakata
7	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Odawara, Shin-Yokohama, Shinagawa, and Tokyo

History

Atami Station opened on March 25, 1925. On December 1, 1934, the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service to Mishima and Numazu began. The Ito Line began operations at Atami from March 30, 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 10,653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] and the Shinkansen portion of the station was used by 4805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• MOA Museum of Art

Accidents

On June 27, 2002, at 10:37, a person was hit and killed by a train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.[3]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
2. 静岡県統計年鑑2017（平成29年） [Shizuoka Prefectural statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
3. Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002–2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002–2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.

External links

• JR Central station information (in Japanese)
• JR East station information (in Japanese)