Shimo-Togari Station
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is a railway station on the Gotemba Line of Central Japan Railway Company
(JR Central) located in located in the south of Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
, Japan.
. The station building is to the east of tracks and connected to the platform with an overpass
. It has automated ticket machine
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automated turnstile
s and a "Green Window" service counter, but is manned only during daytime hours.
under the Japanese Government Railways
. It was renamed Shimo-Togari Station on October 1, 1934 shortly before the opening of the Tanna Tunnel
created a more direct route from to and led to the creation of a new further south. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Regularly scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1982. Along with privatization
and division of JNR, JR Central
started operating the station on April 1, 1987.
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 located in the south of Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
is a town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 39,865 and a density of 1,500 persons per km². The total area is 26.51 km².-Geography:...
, Japan.
Station layout
This station has a single 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...
. The station building is to the east of tracks and connected to the platform with an overpass
Overpass
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...
. It has 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, TOICA
TOICA
is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area of Japan on November 25, 2006.The name is an acronym for Tōkai IC Card...
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 and a "Green Window" service counter, but is manned only during daytime hours.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Shimo-Togari Station was opened on June 15, 1898 as Mishima Station on the original route of the Tōkaidō Main LineTokaido 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...
under the Japanese Government Railways
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
. It was renamed Shimo-Togari Station on October 1, 1934 shortly before 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:...
created a more direct route from to and led to the creation of a new further south. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Regularly scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1982. 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, JR Central
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...
started operating the station on April 1, 1987.