Ōoka Station

This article is about the railway station in Shizuoka Prefecture. For the former railway station in Miyagi Prefecture, see Ōoka Station (Miyagi).

Ōoka Station 大岡駅
Entrance to Ōoka Station
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Numazu
Neighborhood etc.	2477 Ōoka
(in Japanese)	静岡県沼津市大岡2477
History
Year opened	1946
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Gotemba Line
Statistics	1,022 passengers/day 2006
Small bus terminal at this station

Ōoka Station (大岡駅, Ōoka-eki^?) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Gotemba Line

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 "Green Window" service counter, but is manned only during daytime hours.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Gotemba Line
Shimo-Togari		Local	Numazu

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.

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
• Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 87, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.  (Japanese)

External links

Media related to Ōoka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official information page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°6′57″N 138°52′51″E / 35.11583°N 138.88083°E / 35.11583; 138.88083