is a railway station in the city of

Toyohashi is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefec ...

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, operated by

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Futagawa Station is served by the

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, and is located 286.7 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at

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Station layout

The station has a two

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s connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, track 1 is not in use. The station building has automated

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automated

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s and is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Futagawa Station was opened on April 7, 1896 on the

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(JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The JGR became the

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after World War II. Freight service was discontinued in 1971 and small parcel service from 1979. Along with the division and

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on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the

. A new station building was completed from 2000-2002 (JR Tōkai). Automated

s using the

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system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

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was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Futagawa Station was assigned station number CA41.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3110 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Futagawa-juku was the thirty-third of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now the city of Toyohashi, Aichi, Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was the easternmost shukuba, post ...

References

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

External links

Official home page
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