is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Aoi-ku,

Shizuoka Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, operated by the

Ōigawa Railway The is a railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company is commonly known as . The company belongs to the Meitetsu Group. The first section of its lines opened in 1927. Operation The company operates preserved steam locomotives, ...

. At an altitude of , it is the highest railway station in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Lines

Ikawa Station is a terminus of the Ikawa Line, and is located 25.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line at .

Station layout

The station has a wedge-shaped

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

for two tracks. There is also a small station building.

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Ikawa Station was opened on August 1, 1959.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 118 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Ikawa Dam The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It was the first hollow core concrete gravity dam to be constructed in Japan, and has a hydroelectric power generating station owned by the Ch ...

*Ikawa District Community Bus **For Shirakaba-so **For Yokosawa ***This route bus had been originally operated by

Shizuoka Railway The , also known as "Shizutetsu", is a private railway in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is majority owned by Tokyu Corporation. In addition to its railway business, the Shizuoka Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services, a department sto ...

until 2009. Now, at the last stop Yokosawa, it enables to transfer onto the Shizutetsu Just Line route bus Abe Line No.119 travels to

Shin-Shizuoka Station 270px, former station building is a railway station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu). It is located within the Shin-Shizuoka Cenova shopping complex. Lines ...

References

External links

Ōigawa Railway home page
Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1959 Railway stations in Shizuoka (city) Stations of Ōigawa Railway {{Shizuoka-railstation-stub