Previous names Magoori (until 1940) | Connections Bus terminal Passengers (2006) 2,535 daily Opened 1888 | |
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Similar Takatsuka Station, Bentenjima Station, Araimachi Station, Washizu Station, Tenryūgawa Station | ||
05 aug 2015 japan railways tokaido line around maisaka station
Maisaka Station (舞阪駅, Maisaka-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 267.5 rail kilometers from Tokyo.
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Station history
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.
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Layout
Maisaka Station has a side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected to the station building by an overpass. Track 1 is used only during peak hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.