Kikugawa Station

Kikugawa Station 菊川駅
JR Kikugawa Station
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Kikugawa
Neighborhood etc.	Horinouchi
Postal Code	439-0006
(in Japanese)	静岡県菊川市堀之内
History
Year opened	1889
Former name	Horinouchi Station
Present name since	1956
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	4,544 passengers/day 2006
Medium bus terminal at this station

Kikugawa Station (菊川駅, Kikugawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Kikugawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 222.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Kikugawa Station was opened on April 16, 1889 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. It was originally named Horinouchi Station (堀ノ内駅, Horinouchi-eki). It was renamed Kikugawa on April 10, 1956. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Kikugawa 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 used only during peak hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Kanaya		Commuter Rapid		Kakegawa
Rapid: no stop
Kanaya		Local		Kakegawa

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
• Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 21, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.