Atami Station

Atami Station
熱海駅

Atami Station in October 2016
Location Tahara Honchō, Atami-shi, Shizuoka-ken 413-0011
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 104.6 km from Tokyo
Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 1925
Location
Atami Station
Location within Japan

Atami Station (熱海駅 Atami-eki) is a railway station in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Atami Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Tokaido Shinkansen, and Ito Line. The station is 104.6 km from Tokyo Station.

JR East

JR Central

Station layout

Due to its location on the side of a steep hill, Atami Station is built on several levels. On the lowest level is the station building itself, with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Tokaido Main Line and Ito Line share one side platform and two island platforms with five tracks connected by an underpass to the station building. The Tokaido Shinkansen with two opposing side platforms is one level higher, and is connected to the lower platforms by an underpass.

Platforms

1  Ito Line for Itō, (Izukyū Corporation) Izukyū-Shimoda
2・3  Tokaido Line for Mishima, Numazu, Shizuoka, and Hamamatsu
 Ito Line for Itō and Izukyū-Shimoda
4・5  Tokaido Line for Odawara, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, and Tokyo
6  Tokaido Shinkansen for Nagoya, Shin-Osaka, and Hakata
7  Tokaido Shinkansen for Odawara, Shin-Yokohama, Shinagawa, and Tokyo

Adjacent Stations

Service
Ito Line
Yugawara
Yokohama
Super View Odoriko Itō
Yugawara Odoriko Kinomiya
Mishima
(Yugawara) Local Kinomiya
Tokaido Main Line
Yugawara   Rapid Acty   Terminus
Yugawara   Local   Kannami
Tokaido Shinkansen
Nozomi: Does not stop at this station
Shin-Yokohama   Hikari   Shizuoka
Odawara   Kodama   Mishima

History

Atami Station opened on March 25, 1925. On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service to Mishima and Numazu began. The Ito Line began operations at Atami from March 30, 1935. The Tokaido Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1964.

Accidents

On June 27, 2002 at 10:37, a person was hit and killed by a train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.[1]

See also

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
  1. Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002–2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002–2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°06′12″N 139°04′40″E / 35.10333°N 139.07778°E / 35.10333; 139.07778

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