Mishima Station

CA02
Mishima Station

三島駅
South Entrance of JR Mishima Station in March 2007
General information
Location16-1 Ichiban-chō, Mishima-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°07′38″N 138°54′38″E / 35.12722°N 138.91056°E / 35.12722; 138.91056
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance120.7 km (75.0 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms3 island, 1 side, 2 bay platforms
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCA02, IS01
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1934; 89 years ago (1934-12-01)
Passengers
FY201739,458 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Shizuoka
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
(some trains only)
Shin-Yokohama
towards Tokyo
Shin-Fuji
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Tōkaidō Shinkansen Atami
towards Tokyo
Mishima-Tamachi
towards Shuzenji
Odoriko Atami
CA00
towards Tokyo
Numazu
CA03
towards Maibara
Tōkaidō Main Line
Local
Kannami
CA01
towards Atami
Preceding station Izuhakone Railway Following station
Mishima-Hirokōji
towards Shuzenji
Sunzu Line
Local
Terminus
Mishima-Tamachi
towards Shuzenji
Sunzu Line
Express
Location
Mishima Station is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Mishima Station
Mishima Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Mishima Station is located in Japan
Mishima Station
Mishima Station
Mishima Station (Japan)

Mishima Station (三島駅, Mishima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It is also a union station with the Izuhakone Railway. The station was also a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), although freight operations are now only on an occasional basis.

Japanese writer Yukio Mishima was given his pen name from this station, since his editors were passing through on the way to a meeting with him. ('Yukio' came from the Japanese word for 'snow', which the editors saw on Mount Fuji from the train.)

Lines

Mishima Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line and is 120.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station. The station is also the northern terminal station of the Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line.

Station layout

JR Mishima Station has two island platforms serving tracks 1 to 4. Track 2 and Track 3 are the primary tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line, with Tracks 1 and 4 used for through passage of express trains. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen uses Tracks 5 and 6, which are served by a separate island platform. The adjacent Izuhakone Railway has one side platform and two bay platforms serving Tracks 7, 8 and 9. All platforms are connected by an underpass to a central concourse leading to the station building. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.[citation needed]

Platforms

1  Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line for Daiba, Izu-Nagaoka, and Shuzenji
 Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, Odawara, Yokohama, and Tokyo
2  Tōkaidō Main Line for Numazu, Fuji, and Shizuoka
3  Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, Odawara, Yokohama, and Tokyo
4  Tōkaidō Main Line for Numazu, Fuji, and Shizuoka
5  Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya and Shin-Osaka
6  Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Shin-Yokohama and Tokyo

History

Mishima Station shortly after completion in 1934

The original Mishima Station was opened on 15 June 1896 in the town of Nagaizumi. However, with the completion of the Tanna Tunnel between Atami and Numazu, this station was renamed Shimo-Togari Station, and a new Mishima Station was opened at its present location on December 1, 1934. The terminus of the Izuhakone Railway was also relocated to Mishima Station at this time. On April 25, 1969, Tōkaidō Shinkansen services began serving Mishima Station. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1974, however, private freight services to the Toray Industries Mishima plant continued on a spur line until 2007. In 2008, Mishima Station was extensively remodeled, and an ASTY shopping complex was opened at the station.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Mishima Station was assigned station number CA02.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 30,859 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Izuhakone portion of the station was used by 8,599 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Accidents

On 27 December 1995, the first and so far only fatality caused by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen occurred at Mishima Station when Yusuke Kawarazaki, a 17-year-old high school student, got caught in a car door, and was dragged down the platform by the leaving train.

Surrounding area

South side

  • Mishima City Office

North side

  • Mishima Tax Office

Bus routes

See also

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1. (in Japanese)
  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) [Shizuoka Prefectural statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

External links

  • JR Central station information (in Japanese)
  • Izuhakone Railway station information
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