Yui Station

Yui Station 由比駅
JR Yui Station, April 2008
General information
Location	Yui-Imajuku, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka （静岡県清水区由比今宿） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1916
Passengers
2006	1,703 daily

Yui Station (由比駅, Yui eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 158.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Although local residents had petitioned for a station when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. Yui Station was opened in 1889, the low population and proximity to Kambara Station led to the petition being rejected. However, with the growing importance of agricultural products (green tea, mikan) and Yui's importance as a fishing port, the request for a station was finally granted on April 15, 1916. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Yui Station has two side platform serving Track 1 and Track 4, an island platform in between serving Track 2 and Track 3. The platforms are connected to the station building by an overpass. Track 1 and Track 4 are used only during peak hours to all express trains to pass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Kambara		Local	Okitsu

References

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