Gotemba Station
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Gotemba Station
御殿場駅
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| Location | |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka) |
| City | Gotemba |
| Neighborhood etc. | Nīhashi 1898 |
| Postal Code | 412-0043 |
| (in Japanese) | 静岡県御殿場市新橋1898 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1889 |
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| Operator(s) | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Gotemba Line |
| Statistics | 4698 passengers/day 2006 |
 Medium bus terminal at this station |
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Gotemba Station (御殿場駅 Gotemba-eki) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the eastern part of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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[edit] History
Gotemba Station opened on February 1, 1889 as one of the original stations of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kōzu and Shizuoka. The opening was not auspicious, as Gotemba suffered from a massive fire on the morning of the opening ceremonies, which burned over 1,100 houses and laid waste to most of the town. The town quickly rebuilt as a tourist destination and base for travelers wishing to climb Mount Fuji. With the opening of the Tanna Tunnel in 1934, the course of the Tōkaidō Main Line changed to a more direct route between Atami and Numazu, leaving the loop north to Gotanda a spur line redesignated the Gotemba Line.
From 1955, in a joint operation with the Odakyu Electric Railway Company, JNR began operating the limited express Asagiri from Shinjuku to Gotemba. During summer months, steam locomotives, including a bank engine make scheduled runs from Gotemba to nearby Yamakita.
Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 15, 1982. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.
[edit] Station layout
Gotemba Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks. The station building is elevated, and connected to the platforms by an overpass.
[edit] Platforms
| 1 | ■Gotemba Line | For Yamakita・Matsuda・Kōzu |
| 2 | ■Gotemba Line | Susono・Numazu |
| 3 | ■Gotemba Line | For both directions |
[edit] Adjacent station
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| Ashigara | - | Minami-Gotemba | ||
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Coordinates: 35°18′02″N 138°56′04″E / 35.300467°N 138.934361°E
[edit] References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
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- (Japanese) Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.
- (Japanese) Official home page
- (Japanese) JR Central Official home page
