Fukuroi Station (袋井駅, Fukuroi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

CA29 Fukuroi Station 袋井駅
JR Fukuroi Station in 2015
General information
Location	2025-5 Takao, Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	34°44′29.5″N 137°55′33″E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line
Distance	238.1 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
History
Opened	April 16, 1889
Passengers
FY2017	5324 daily
Location
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Lines

Fukuroi Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 238.1 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.

Station layout

Fukuroi Station has two island platforms, connected by a footbridge with an elevated station building above the tracks. The outside tracks, Track 1 and Track 4, are not in regular use, except during peak times in the summer festival season. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.

Platforms

Layout

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  Station Building
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  Ticket gate

Adjacent stations

History

Fukuroi Station was opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. From 1902-1962, it was an interchange station which also served the Akiha Line of the Shizuoka Railway. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on January 21, 1984.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5324 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Fukuroi City Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fukuroi Station.

• Official home page(in Japanese)