Yoshiwara Station

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
LocationSuzukawa-Honchō 14, Fuji-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°8′41″N 138°42′5″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance141.3 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms1 island +1 bay platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeCA07
History
OpenedFebruary 1, 1889
Previous namesSuzukawa (until 1956)
Passengers
20173358 (JR), 1016 (Gakunan) daily
Location
Yoshiwara Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Yoshiwara Station
Yoshiwara Station (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

See also

References
  1. 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)
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