Iwata Station (Shizuoka)

CA31 Iwata Station 磐田駅
JR Iwata Station in April 2018
General information
Location	633-1 Nakaizumi, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	34°42′37″N 137°51′07″E
Operated by	JR Central JR Freight
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line
Distance	245.9 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CA31
Website	Official website
History
Previous names	Nakaizumi (to 1942)
Passengers
FY2017	8175 daily
Location Iwata Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Iwata Station Iwata Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform

Iwata Station (磐田駅, Iwata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Iwata Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 245.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has a side platform serving Track 1, which is an infrequently used auxiliary platform, and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3. The two platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	auxiliary platform
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Shizuoka, Numazu
3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Fukuroi		Home Liner		Hamamatsu
Mikuriya		Local		Toyodachō

History

Iwata Station was built as Nakaizumi Station (中泉駅, Nakaizumi-eki) on April 16, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. It was renamed “Iwata Station” on October 10, 1942. The station building was rebuilt in 1915, 1957, and 2000. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on February 26, 1996; however, occasional freight trains operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company stopped at a rail siding at Iwata to service the industrial zone to the east of the station.

A large bus terminal was established at the south exit of the station in 2006.

A statue of the local football club Júbilo Iwata's mascot, Júbilo-kun, modeled on the black-tailed flycatcher, stands prominently in front of the station's north exit. Buses at the stop nearby provide service to the club's stadium, Yamaha Stadium, on game days.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Iwata Station was assigned station number CA31.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 8175 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

• Iwata City Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
3. 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)