Futagawa Station

Futagawa Station 二川駅
File:FutagawaStation Japan.jpg Futagawa Station
Location	Oiwa-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi （愛知県豊橋市大岩町南元屋敷） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
History
Opened	1896
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	2,609 daily

Futagawa Station (二川駅, Futagawa-eki) is a railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The station is 286.7 rail kilometers from Tokyo.

History

Futagawa Station was opened on April 7, 1896 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The JGR became the JNR after World War II. Freight service was discontinued in 1971 and small parcel service from 1979. 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. A new station building was completed from 2000-2002.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Futagawa Station is an elevated station with a side platform and an island platform, but Track 3 is seldom in operation.The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, and Numazu
2・3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, and Maibara

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Shinjohara		Special Rapid		Toyohashi
Shinjohara		New Rapid		Toyohashi
Shinjohara		Local		Toyohashi

References

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