Maisaka Station (舞阪駅, Maisaka-eki) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ).
CA36 Maisaka Station 舞阪駅 | |
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![]() JR Maisaka Station in 2006 | |
General information | |
Location | Magoori, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken |
Coordinates | 34°41′8″N 137°37′38″E |
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Distance | 267.5 kilometers from Tokyo |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed |
Station code | CA36 |
History | |
Opened | September 1, 1888 |
Previous names | Magoori (to 1940) |
Passengers | |
FY2017 | 2719 daily |
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![]() ![]() Maisaka Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture![]() ![]() Maisaka Station Maisaka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Maisaka Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 267.5 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Maisaka Station has a side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected by a footbridge. Track 1 is used only during peak hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.
1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, Maibara |
2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Mishima |
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Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
Takatsuka | Special Rapid | Bentenjima | ||
Takatsuka | New Rapid | Bentenjima | ||
Takatsuka | Local | Bentenjima |
Maisaka Station was opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. It was originally named Magoori Station (馬郡駅, Magoori-eki). It was renamed Maisaka on December 1, 1888, but the kanji spelling of its name assumed its present form only in 1940. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2719 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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