Mochimune Station

Mochimune Station 用宗駅
JR Mochimune Station in Dec. 2010
Location
Prefecture	Shizuoka (See other stations in Shizuoka)
City	Shizuoka
Ward	Suruga
Neighborhood etc.	4-1 Mochimune-Shiroyama
Postal Code	421-0124
(in Japanese)	静岡市駿河区用宗城山町4-1
History
Year opened	1909
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	1,715 passengers/day 2006
Small bus terminal at this station

Mochimune Station (用宗駅, Mochimune-eki) is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is located 186.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station, and is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

History

A signal box was established at the site of present-day Mochimune Station on December 21, 1902. It was rebuilt as a station for both passenger and freight services on November 1, 1909. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1974.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Mochimune Station has an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, and a side platform serving the seldom-used Track 1. The platforms are connected to the station building by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	auxiliary platform
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Fujieda, Yaizu, Shimada, Hamamatsu
3	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Shizuoka, Numazu

Adjacent stations

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

References

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