is an interchange railway station in the city of Kakegawa,

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, jointly operated by

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(JR Tōkai). It is connected to the adjacent Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Kakegawa Station, which is located in a separate building.

Lines

Kakegawa Station is served by the

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the San'yō Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opening in 19 ...

and 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 ...

and is from

Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

. It is also the terminus for the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line and is located from the opposing terminus at Shinjohara Station.

Layout

JR Kakegawa Station has five platforms serving eight tracks. The Tōkaidō Main Line Track 1 is served by a

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connected to the main station building's north exit and the Tenryū Hamanako Line station. It is used for departing both east and west. Track 2 and Track 3 are served by an

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. Both platforms are connected to the station building by an

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, which also connects to the two elevated side platforms used by the Shinkansen (Track 4 and Track 5, with two additional centre tracks for non-stop passing trains). The north side of the station is a wooden structure dating from 1940. The station building has automated

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s, TOICA automated

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s and a staffed ticket office. KakegawaSta N

Platforms

Transfers

Transfer is available from the JR line to the Tenryū Hamanako Line, whose terminus

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is in a separate building adjacent to the north exit of the JR station.

Adjacent stations

History

Kakegawa Station was first opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the

connecting Shizuoka with

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was completed. In 1935 the first section of the Tenryū Hamanako Line opened, with Kakegawa Station as its terminus. On March 13, 1988 the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms opened on the south side of the station.

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 c ...

was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kakegawa Station was assigned station number CA27.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 11,292 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Tenryū Hamanako portion was used by 995 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Kakegawa Castle is a ''hirayama''-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various ''fudai daimyō'' clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Background Kakegawa Castle is located a ...

References

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

External links

JR Central station information

{{Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Tōkaidō Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Stations of Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 Kakegawa, Shizuoka