Maisaka Station

Maisaka Station
舞阪駅

JR Maisaka Station in 2006
Location Magoori, Nishi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
(浜松市西区馬郡町)
Japan
Operated by Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1888
Previous names Magoori (until 1940)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 2,535 daily

Maisaka Station (舞阪駅 Maisaka-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 267.5 rail kilometers from Tokyo.

Station history

Maisaka Station was opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. It was originally named Magoori Station (馬郡駅 Magoori-eki). It was renamed Maisaka on December 1, 1888, but the kanji spelling of its name assumed its present form only in 1940. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.

Lines

Layout

Maisaka Station has a side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected to the station building by an overpass. Track 1 is used only during peak hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

1  Tōkaidō Main Line For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, Maibara
2・3  Tōkaidō Main Line For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Mishima

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Takatsuka   Special Rapid   Bentenjima
Takatsuka   New Rapid   Bentenjima
Takatsuka   Local   Bentenjima

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Coordinates: 34°41′8″N 137°37′38″E / 34.68556°N 137.62722°E / 34.68556; 137.62722

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