Fujioka Station (Shizuoka)

Fujioka Station
富士岡駅

Fujioka station building
Location Nakayama, Gotemba, Shizuoka
(静岡県御殿場市中山)
Japan
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Gotemba Line
Connections
History
Opened 1944
Traffic
Passengers (FY2006) 833 daily

Fujioka Station (富士岡駅 Fujioka-eki) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line in the southern part of Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Station layout

Fujioka Station has a single island platform. The station was originally located on a switchback, which was eliminated when the line was electrified in 1968, and the platform realigned; a vestigial remnant of the former switchback is retained as a side track to the north of the station. The original side platform was rebuilt as an island platform in 1989. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office, and is manned only during daytime hours. It is connected to the platform with an overpass.

Platforms

1  Gotemba Line for Gotemba, Yamakita, Matsuda, and Kōzu
2  Gotemba Line for Numazu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Gotemba Line
Minami-Gotemba Local Iwanami

History

Fujioka Station opened on August 1, 1944 to provide access to the Fujioka Heavy Artillery School (陸軍重胞兵学校 Fujioka Jyūhōhei-gakkō) of the Imperial Japanese Army, and usage was restricted only to military personnel. The station was opened to civilian passengers from November 11, 1944. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of JR Central.

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). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. ISBN 4533029809.  (Japanese)
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