Hara Station (Shizuoka)

Hara Station 原駅
JR Hara Station in 2005
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Numazu
Neighborhood etc.	Hara 383-2
Postal Code	410-0312
(in Japanese)	静岡県沼津市原383-2
History
Year opened	1900
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	2,769 passengers/day 2006
There is a bus terminal at this station

Hara Station (原駅, Hara-eki) is a railway station in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is located 132.8 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station, and is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

History

Hara Station was opened on February 25, 1900 as part of the expansion of the Tōkaidō Main Line from Numazu Station to Yoshiwara Station. The original station building was rebuilt in 1948. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued form 1984, and charter freight from 1997; however, freight services continue along a privately held spur line to a freight terminal owned by Taiheiyo Cement a short distance from Hara Station.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Hara Station has a single side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected to the station building by an overpass. Track 1 is not in regular use. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Katahama		Local		Higashi-Tagonoura

References

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

External links

• JR Central station information (Japanese)