Operated by JR Central Connections Bus terminal | Passengers (FY2006) 1,022 daily Opened 1946 | |
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Similar Numazu Station, Shimo‑Togari Station, Nagaizumi‑Nameri Station, Katahama Station, Mishima‑Hirokōji Station | ||
Ōoka Station (大岡駅, Ōoka-eki) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line in Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
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Lines
Ōoka Station is served by the Gotemba Line.
Station layout
Ōoka Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office, but is manned only during daytime hours.
History
Ōoka Station began as an unnamed rail siding constructed during the Pacific War to serve the numerous munitions plants located Ōoka district of Numazu. After the end of World War II, it was officially opened as a civilian train station on January 15, 1946. Regularly scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1971. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR Central started operating the station on April 1, 1987.