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is a railway station in Naka-ku,

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, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Lines

Shin-Hamamatsu Station is a

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of the

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and is 17.8 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line at

Nishi-Kajima Station is a railway station located in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the private railroad company Enshū Railway and by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad. Lines Nishikajima Station is a terminal st ...

Station layout

Shin-Hamamatsu Station is an elevated station with two opposed dead-headed

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s. The station building is a major department store in downtown Hamamatsu. The station building has automated

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s, and automated

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s, which accept the

NicePass is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Hamamatsu, Japan, introduced by Enshū Railway (Entetsu) group, from August 20, 2004, succeeding the previous ET Card, a magnetic prepaid card. The name is an acro ...

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, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Shin-Hamamatsu Station was established on September 1, 1927, as . Its reinforced concrete station building was also the headquarters of the Enshū Railway, and was regarded as one of the most modern buildings in Hamamatsu. It was destroyed during the

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. The station was rebuilt after the war, and renamed Shin-Hamamatsu in 1953. The tracks were elevated in 1981, and a new station was constructed 100 meters to the northeast, closer to

Hamamatsu Station is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The local Enshū Railway Line terminus of Shin-Hamamatsu Station is 3 minute ...

. On the former site now stands the Hamamatsu Meitetsu Hotel. The associated Entetsu Department Store opened within the station building in 1988, and the station was modified to become

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in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 8,075 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

servicing the

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and

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

lines is a three-minute walk away.

References

External links

Enshū Railway official website
{{Enshū Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Hamamatsu Stations of Enshū Railway