Kakegawa Station (掛川駅, Kakegawa-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is connected to the adjacent Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Kakegawa Station, which is located in a separate building.

CA27
Kakegawa Station

掛川駅
General information
Location1-1-1 Minami, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates34°46′11″N 138°00′54″E / 34.76972°N 138.01500°E / 34.76972; 138.01500
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance229.3 km (142.5 mi) from Tokyo
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 April 1889; 135 years ago (1889-04-16)
Passengers
FY201712,287 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Hamamatsu
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Tōkaidō Shinkansen Shizuoka
towards Tokyo
Location
Kakegawa Station is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Kakegawa Station
Kakegawa Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Kakegawa Station is located in Japan
Kakegawa Station
Kakegawa Station
Kakegawa Station (Japan)

Lines

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Kakegawa Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and the Tōkaidō Main Line and is 229.3 kilometers (142.5 mi) from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus for the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line and is located 67.7 kilometers (42.1 mi) from the opposing terminus at Shinjohara Station.

Layout

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JR Kakegawa Station has five platforms serving eight tracks. The Tōkaidō Main Line Track 1 is served by a side platform connected to the main station building's north exit and the Tenryū Hamanako Line station. It is used for departing both east and west. Track 2 and Track 3 are served by an island platform. Both platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass, which also connects to the two elevated side platforms used by the Shinkansen (Track 4 and Track 5, with two additional centre tracks for non-stop passing trains). The north side of the station is a wooden structure dating from 1940. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.

 
North exit to JR Kakegawa Station

Platforms

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1  Tōkaidō Main Line ShimadaShizuokaHamamatsuToyohashi
2  Tōkaidō Main Line ShimadaShizuoka
3  Tōkaidō Main Line HamamatsuToyohashi
4  Tōkaidō Shinkansen ShizuokaTokyo
5  Tōkaidō Shinkansen NagoyaShin-Osaka

Transfers

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Tenryū Hamanako Kakegawa Station

Transfer is available from the JR line to the Tenryū Hamanako Line, whose terminus bay platform is in a separate building adjacent to the north exit of the JR station.

1・2 Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Tenryū Futamata StationShinjohara Station

Adjacent stations

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Tōkaidō Main Line
Kikugawa Local Aino
Kikugawa Home Liner Fukuroi
Tenryū Hamanako Line
Terminus - Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae

History

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Kakegawa Station was first opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. In 1935 the first section of the Tenryū Hamanako Line opened, with Kakegawa Station as its terminus. On March 13, 1988 the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms opened on the south side of the station.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kakegawa Station was assigned station number CA27.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 11,292 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Tenryū Hamanako portion was used by 995 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年) [Shizuoka Prefectural statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (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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