Mishima Station

Mishima Station 三島駅
South Entrance for JR Mishima Station in March 2007
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Mishima
Neighborhood etc.	Ichiban-chō 16-1
Postal Code	411-0036
(in Japanese)	静岡県三島市一番町16-1
History
Year opened	1934
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central, Izuhakone
Line(s)	JR Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Tōkaidō Main Line Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line
Statistics	29,882 passengers/day 2006
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Mishima Station (三島駅, Mishima-eki^?) is an interchange railway station in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan for the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen of Central Japan Railway Company and was a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company. It is also a union station with the Izuhakone Railway (伊豆箱根鉄道 Izu-Hakone Tetsudō).The station is 120.7 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

The original Mishima Station was opened on June 15, 1896 in Nagaizumi Town. 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 operation at 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. On December 27, 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. In 2008, Mishima Station was extensively remodeled, and an ASTY shopping complex was opened at the station.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
• Izuhakone Railway
  • Sunzu Line

Layout

JR Mishima Station has two island platforms serving Track 1 through Track 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 Railroad 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 manned "Green Window" service counter.

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-Ōsaka
6	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	For Shin-Yokohama and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Atami		Kodama		Shin-Fuji
Tōkaidō Main Line
Kannami		-		Numazu
Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line
Terminus		-		Mishima-Hirokōji

References

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

External links

• JR East Official home page.(Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°07′38″N 138°54′38″E / 35.12722°N 138.91056°E / 35.12722; 138.91056