is a railway station in the city of Atami,

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, Japan, jointly operated by

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(JR East) and

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(JR Central).

Lines

Atami Station is served by the JR Central

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and is 104.6 km from

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, as well as

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serves extending westward from Atami. The JR East portion of the station serves the Tōkaidō Main Line between

and Atami, and the station is also the northern

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of the

Itō Line The Itō Line ( ja, 伊東線, ) is a railway line owned by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connects Atami and Itō Stations, along the east coast of Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. From Itō, the line continues s ...

Station layout

Due to its location on the side of a steep hill, Atami Station is built on several levels. On the lowest level is the station building itself, with automated

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s, Suica automated

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s and a "

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" staffed ticket office. The Tōkaidō Main Line and Ito Line share one

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and two

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s with five tracks connected by an underground passage to the station building. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen with two opposing side platforms is one level higher, and is connected to the lower platforms by an underground passage.

Platforms

History

Atami Station opened on March 25, 1925. On December 1, 1934, the

Tanna Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by JR Central’s Tōkaidō Main Line. This 7.8 km long tunnel shortened the trunk route between Tokyo and Kobe by omitting a detour round the mountains between Atami and Numazu. ...

was completed, and through service to Mishima and

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began. The Ito Line began operations at Atami from March 30, 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 10,653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). and the Shinkansen portion of the station was used by 4805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* MOA Museum of Art

Accidents

On June 27, 2002, at 10:37, a person was hit and killed by a train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.

References

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

External links

JR Central station information

JR East station information
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