Matsuda Station
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is a station
on the Gotemba Line of Central Japan Railway Company
(JR Central) located in southern portion of the town of Matsuda
in Ashigarakami District
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. Shin-Matsuda Station
on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway
is located nearby.
. It was designated a station of the Tōkaidō Main Line
on November 12, 1909. However, with the opening of the Tanna Tunnel
it was designated a station on the Gotemba Line from December 1, 1934. In October 1955 a spur line connecting the station and Shin-Matsuda Station
was built.
Freight services were discontinued on November 15, 1982 and small parcel services from February 1, 1984. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization
and division of JNR, the station came under control of the Central Japan Railway Company
. On October 1, 1994, a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company
was opened and freight services were resumed.
and a side platform
serving three tracks The two platforms are connected with an overpass
, and an underpass connects the island platform with the station building. The station building has a Green Window, automated ticket machine
s and automated turnstile
s accepting both Suica
and PASMO
.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the Gotemba Line of Central Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company
The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
(JR Central) located in southern portion of the town of Matsuda
Matsuda, Kanagawa
is a town located in Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 11,716 and a density of 312 persons per km2...
in Ashigarakami District
Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa
is an administrative district of Japan located in western Kanagawa Prefecture. Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park.-History:...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Shin-Matsuda Station
Shin-Matsuda Station
is a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the town of Matsuda, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station is 71.8 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station...
on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
is located nearby.
History
Matsuda Station was opened on February 1, 1889 on the Japan National Railways (JNR) line linking Kōzu Station and Shizuoka StationShizuoka Station
is a major railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Shizuoka, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line. The station is 180.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo.-History:...
. It was designated a station of the Tōkaidō Main Line
Tokaido Main Line
The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
on November 12, 1909. However, with the opening of the Tanna Tunnel
Tanna Tunnel
is a railroad tunnel in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by JR Central’s Tōkaidō Main Line. This 7.8 km long tunnel shortened the trunk route between Tokyo and Kobe by omitting a detour round the mountains between Atami and Numazu.-History:...
it was designated a station on the Gotemba Line from December 1, 1934. In October 1955 a spur line connecting the station and Shin-Matsuda Station
Shin-Matsuda Station
is a railway station on the Odakyu Electric Railway’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the town of Matsuda, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The station is 71.8 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal at Shinjuku Station...
was built.
Freight services were discontinued on November 15, 1982 and small parcel services from February 1, 1984. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
and division of JNR, the station came under control of the Central Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company
The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
. On October 1, 1994, a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station....
was opened and freight services were resumed.
Station layout
Matsuda Station has an island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
and a side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
serving three tracks The two platforms are connected with an overpass
Overpass
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...
, and an underpass connects the island platform with the station building. The station building has a Green Window, automated ticket machine
Ticket machine
A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...
s and automated turnstile
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
s accepting both Suica
Suica
is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as a fare card on train lines in Japan. Launched in November 2001, the card is usable currently in the Kantō region, at JR East stations near Sendai and Niigata...
and PASMO
PASMO
is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport introduced in Tokyo, Japan, on March 18, 2007.Pasmo is a development of the system used by many non JR railway lines in the Tokyo region...
.