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 ...

in Shimizu-ku,

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, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Shimizu Station is served by the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

, and is located 169.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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Station layout

The station has a single

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 ...

serving Track 1 and Track 2, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building has automated

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s and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

, - !colspan=5, Central Japan Railway Company

Station history

Shimizu Station first opened as on February 1, 1889, when the section of the

connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It was named after

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, the 18th station of the historical Tōkaidō. In 1934 it was renamed Shimizu Station. From 1916 the

Shimizukō Line The was a Japanese railway line in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, operated by Japanese National Railways. It ran as a branch line off the Tōkaidō Main Line from Shimizu Station, through the industrial port of Shimizu before terminating in the resident ...

ran as a branch line from Shimizu Station through the industrial port area of the town before terminating in

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. In 1984 this line was replaced by a bus service. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1984, and all freight services by 2001. Transfer to the Shizuoka-Shimizu Railway is available via

Shin-Shimizu Station 270px, Platforms in 2010 is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu). Lines Shin-Shimizu Station is a terminal station on the Shizuoka–Sh ...

, a ten-minute walk from the east exit. The current station building was completed in June 2003.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Shimizu Station was assigned station number CA14.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 10,652 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Shimizu Fishing Port *former Shimizu City Hall

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

Official home page
{{Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Tōkaidō Main Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Shizuoka (city)