is an

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railway station on the

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR Central). The station is also a freight terminal and

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for the

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(JR Freight).

Lines

Numazu Station is served by the

and the

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. It lies 62.2 kilometers from and 126.2 km from

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Station layout

Numazu Station has three ground-level

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s serving six tracks, connected to each other and to the station building by both a footbridge and an

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. The station building has automated

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automated

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s and a " JR Ticket office" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Numazu Station opened on February 1, 1889 when the section of the

connecting

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with Kōzu was completed. A

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to nearby Numazu Port was established in 1899. The first station building burned down in a fire of 1913 and the second in a fire of 1926. On December 1, 1934, Numazu was connected directly with

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via the

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, thus eliminating the previous long detour north to

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in the section between

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and Shizuoka. Numazu Station was rebuilt in 1937, but was burned down again, this time in the

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. The next station building was erected in 1953, and rebuilt in 1973.

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was introduced to this station in 2018; Numazu Station was assigned station numbers CA04 for the Tōkaidō Line and CB18 for the Gotemba Line.

Bus terminals

Highway buses (north exit)

* ''Airport Liousine''; For

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(Fujikyu Shizuoka Bus, Keisei Bus) * ''Sansan Numazu Tokyo''; For Kasumigaseki Station,

(Fujikyu City Bus) * ''Sansan Numazu Shinjuku / Mishima Croquette''; For

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( Keio Bus East, Fujikyu City Bus) * ''Kintaro''; For

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(Fujikyu Shonan Bus, Kintetsu Bus) * ''Hakata Fujiyama Express''; For

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(Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus,

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)

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 20,941 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Numazu Station is located in central Numazu city.

References

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

External links

JR Central station information
{{Gotemba Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Gotemba Line Tōkaidō Main Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Numazu, Shizuoka