Kanaya Station

Kanaya Station 金谷駅
JR Kanaya Station in 2007
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Shimada
Neighborhood etc.	Kanaya
Postal Code	428
(in Japanese)	静岡県島田市金谷
History
Year opened	1890
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central Ōigawa Railway
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Ōigawa Main Line
Statistics	2,471(Tōkaidō Main Line) passengers/day 2006
Small bus terminal at this station

Kanaya Station (金谷駅, Kanaya-eki) is an interchange railway station in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and a terminus of the Ōigawa Railway’s Ōigawa Main Line. It is located 212.9 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Station history

Kanaya Station was opened on May 16, 1890, a year after when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. The Ōigawa Railway service began on June 10, 1927. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
• Ōigawa Railway
  • Ōigawa Main Line

Layout

JR Kanaya Station has a two opposing side platforms serving Track 1 and Track 2 which are on headshunts, allowing for tracks for express trains to pass in between. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

The adjacent Ōigawa Kanaya Station has a single side platform. The platform is equipped with Selective Door Operation, as trains longer than four cars in length are too long for the platform. The station originally was built with a terminal headshunt, which is no longer in existence.

Ōigawa Kanaya Station

Platform

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Kakegawa, Hamamatsu, Toyohashi
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Shimada, Shizuoka

1・2	■ Ōigawa Main Line	Shin-Kanaya Station・Senzu Station

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Shimada		Commuter Rapid		Kikugawa
Shimada		Rapid		Kikugawa
Shimada		Local		Kikugawa
Ōigawa Railway
Ōigawa Main Line
Terminus		SL Express		Shin-Kanaya
Terminus		Local		Shin-Kanaya

References

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