Maisaka Station

Maisaka Station 舞阪駅
JR Maisaka Station in 2006
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Hamamatsu
Ward	Nishi
Neighborhood etc.	Magoori
Postal Code	431 - 0203
(in Japanese)	浜松市西区馬郡町
History
Year opened	1888
Former name	Magoori Station
Present name since	1940
Rail services
Operator(s)	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	2,535 passengers/day 2006
Small bus terminal at this 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.

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.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

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.

Platform

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, Maibara
2・3	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Mishima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Takatsuka		Commuter Rapid		Bentenjima
Takatsuka		Special Rapid		Bentenjima
Takatsuka		New Rapid		Bentenjima
Takatsuka		Local		Bentenjima

References

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

External links

• Official home page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°41′8″N 137°37′38″E / 34.68556°N 137.62722°E / 34.68556; 137.62722