Shizuoka Station

Shizuoka Station 静岡駅
Shizuoka Station north side
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Shizuoka
Ward	Aoi
Neighborhood	Kurogane-chō
Postal code	420-0851
Address in Japanese	静岡県静岡市葵区黒金町
History
Opened	1889
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	60,372 passengers/day (FY2006)
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Shizuoka Station (静岡駅, Shizuoka-eki) is a major railway station in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines 1
Station layout 2
- Platforms 2.1
Adjacent stations 3
History 4

Lines

Shizuoka Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 180.2 rail km from Tokyo.

Station layout

Shizuoka Station has four platforms serving six tracks. Two island platforms with Tracks 1–4 serve the Tōkaidō Main Line trains, and long distance night trains. These platforms are connected with the station concourse via an underpass and are also connected at the same level to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms. The Shinkansen station consists of two opposing side platforms serving two tracks, with two central tracks for non-stop trains. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles, and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Numazu and Atami
1	■ Sleeping Car trains	for Ōsaka, Shikoku, and Chugoku
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Numazu and Atami
	■ Limited Express Fujikawa	for Minobu and Kōfu
	■ Sleeping Car trains	for Ōsaka, Shikoku, Chugoku
3,4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Hamamatsu and Toyohashi
5	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Mishima and Tokyo
6	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Nozomi: no stop
Odawara, Atami, or Mishima	Hikari		Hamamatsu or Nagoya
Shin-Fuji	Kodama		Kakegawa
Tōkaidō Main Line
Shimizu	Rapid	Fujieda
Higashi-Shizuoka	Local	Abekawa

History

Shizuoka station first opened on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. A grand opening ceremony had been planned, but on this day a huge fire destroyed over 1,000 buildings in downtown Shizuoka. Railroad Minister Inoue Masaru cancelled his planned visit, and later the same day, the town around Gotemba Station, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, burned down. The initial Shizuoka Station building was rebuilt in 1907 and again in 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms were opened in 1964. In 1967, freight operations were relocated from Shizuoka Station to Higashi-Shizuoka Station (the present-day Shizuoka Freight Terminal). The station underwent a massive rebuilding program from the

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Shizuoka Station