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is a railway station on the

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

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, operated by

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Higashi-Shizuoka Station is served by the

, and is located 177.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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Station layout

The station has a single

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serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge with a

moving walkway A moving walkway – also known as an autowalk, moving pavement, moving sidewalk, travolator, or travelator – is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane, over a short to medium distance. T ...

. The station building has automated

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TOICA TOICA () is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an abbreviation of " Tōkai IC Card". Like J ...

automated

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s, and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Higashi-Shizuoka Station opened on 30 October 1998 as part of an

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redevelopment of a portion of the former Higashi-Shizuoka Freight Terminal. A large-scale

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next to the train station opened in 1999. These developments were intended to encourage further investment towards the east of Shizuoka city center. Development of the area since the opening of the station has included a number of apartment blocks, a large shopping center, and an

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was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Higashi-Shizuoka Station was assigned station number CA16.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8,400 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Naganuma Station (Shizuoka) *

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References

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

External links

Official home page
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