Iwata Station (Shizuoka)

Iwata Station (磐田駅, Iwata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

CA31
Iwata Station

磐田駅
JR Iwata Station in April 2018
Location633-1 Nakaizumi, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates34°42′37″N 137°51′07″E
Operated by
Line(s) Tokaido Main Line
Distance245.9 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCA31
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Previous namesNakaizumi (to 1942)
Passengers
FY20178175 daily
Location
Iwata Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Iwata Station
Iwata Station (Japan)
Platform

Lines

Iwata Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 245.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has a side platform serving Track 1, which is an infrequently used auxiliary platform, and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3. The two platforms are connected by an footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line auxiliary platform
2 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Shizuoka, Numazu
3 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Fukuroi   Home Liner   Hamamatsu
Mikuriya   Local   Toyodachō

History

Iwata Station was built as Nakaizumi Station (中泉駅, Nakaizumi-eki) on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. It was renamed “Iwata Station” on October 10, 1942. The station building was rebuilt in 1915, 1957, and 2000. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on February 26, 1996; however, occasional freight trains operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company stopped at a rail siding at Iwata to service the industrial zone to the east of the station.

A large bus terminal was established at the south exit of the station in 2006.

A statue of the local football club Júbilo Iwata's mascot, Júbilo-kun, modeled on the black-tailed flycatcher, stands prominently in front of the station's north exit. Buses at the stop nearby provide service to the club's stadium, Yamaha Stadium, on game days.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 8175 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Iwata City Hall

See also

References
  1. 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)
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