Biwajima Station

Biwajima Station 枇杷島駅
File:Biwajima sta 20091030-1.jpg Biwajima Station
Location	Nishi-Biwajima-cho, Kiyosu, Aichi （愛知県清須市西枇杷島町七畝割108-13） Japan
Operated by	JR Central Tōkai Transport Service
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Jōhoku Line
History
Opened	1886
Previous names	Kiyosu (until 1906)
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	2,985 daily

Biwajima Station (枇杷島駅, Biwajima-eki) is a railway station in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is a union station served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Jōhoku Line. The station is 370.0 rail kilometres from Tokyo Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line and is a terminal station for the Jōhoku Line.

History

Biwajima Station was opened on April 1, 1886 as Kiyosu Station (清洲駅, Kiyosu-eki) on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The station was relocated to its present location and renamed to its present name on April 16, 1906. The JGR became the JNR after World War II. The station building was rebuilt in March 1953. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. All freight services came to an end in 2006. A new station building was completed in December 2008.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
• Tōkai Transport Service Company
  • Jōhoku Line

Layout

Biwajima Station has two elevated island platforms connected by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line	For Kachigawa
2	■ Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line	For Kachigawa
3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Gifu and Ōgaki
4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Nagoya and Okazaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Special Rapid: no stop
New Rapid: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Sectional Rapid: no stop
Nagoya		Local		Kiyosu
Tōkai Transport Service Company
Jōhoku Line
Owari-Hoshinomiya		-		Terminus

References

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

External links

• Official web page (Japanese)