Fukuroi Station

Fukuroi Station
袋井駅

JR Fukuroi Station in 2006
Location 2025-5 Takao, Fukuroi, Shizuoka
(静岡県袋井市高尾2025-5)
Japan
Operated by Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1889
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 5,806 daily

Fukuroi Station (袋井駅 Fukuroi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 238.1 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Fukuroi Station was opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. From 1902-1962, it was an interchange station which also served the Akiha Line of the Shizuoka Railway. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on January 21, 1984.

Lines

Layout

Fukuroi Station has two island platforms, connected by an overpass. The outside tracks, Track 1 and Track 4, are not in regular use, except during peak times in the summer festival season. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.

Platform

1  Tōkaidō Main Line auxiliary platform
2  Tōkaidō Main Line For Kakegawa, Shizuoka
3  Tōkaidō Main Line For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi
4  Tōkaidō Main Line auxiliary platform

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Main Line
Kakegawa   Home Liner   Iwata
Aino   Local   Iwata

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Coordinates: 34°44′29.5″N 137°55′33″E / 34.741528°N 137.92583°E / 34.741528; 137.92583

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