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Yoshiwara Station (吉原駅, Yoshiwara-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a terminus for the private railway operator Gakunan Electric Train Company and a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company.

CA07 Yoshiwara Station 吉原駅
Yoshiwara Station north exit in 2006
General information
Location	Suzukawa-Honchō 14, Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°8′41″N 138°42′5″E
Operated by	JR Central Gakunan Electric Train Japan Freight Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line ■ Gakunan Railway Line
Distance	141.3 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 island +1 bay platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	CA07
History
Opened	February 1, 1889
Previous names	Suzukawa (until 1956)
Passengers
2017	3358 (JR), 1016 (Gakunan) daily
Location
Yoshiwara Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Yoshiwara Station Yoshiwara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Yoshiwara Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 141.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is the terminus of the Gakunan Railway Line.

Layout

JR Yoshiwara Station has a single island platform serving Track 1 and Track 2, which are on passing loops On the outside of either track are tracks to permit the through transit of express trains. The platform is connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Gakunan Electric Railway portion of the station has a bay platform with two tracks, only one of which is in normal daily use.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Numazu・Mishima・Atami
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Fuji・Shizuoka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line CA07
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Fuji CA08		Local		Higashi-Tagonoura CA06
Gakunan Electric Train
Gakunan Railway Line
Terminus		-	Jatco-mae

History

Yoshiwara Station first opened as Suzukawa Station (鈴川駅, Suzukawa-eki) on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It became a terminus for the Gakunan Railway on November 18, 1949 and was renamed Yoshiwara Station (after Yoshiwara-juku on the old Tōkaidō on April 10, 1956. The present station building dates from 1970. Container freight services began operations from 1994.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR station was used by an average of 3358 passengers daily and the Gakunan station was used by an average of 2016 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 1
• Tagonoura Port

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

• JR Central Station Information (in Japanese)

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