Kinomiya Station

Kinomiya Station (来宮駅, Kinomiya-eki) is a railway station on the Itō Line of the East Japan Railway Company, located in the central part of the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Tōkaidō Main Line runs parallel to the Itō Line through Kinomiya Station, but only Itō Line has a station at this location. The 0-km indicator of the Itō Line is located at this station, although the Itō Line “officially” starts at Atami.

JT22
Kinomiya Station

来宮駅
Kinomiya Station building in March 2006
Location7-18 Fukumichi-chō, Atami-shi, Shizuok-ken
Japan
Coordinates_scale:4000 35°5′55.12″N 139°3′57.16″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Itō Line
Distance1.2 kilometers from Atami
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMarch 30, 1935
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)1133 daily
Location
Kinomiya Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Kinomiya Station
Kinomiya Station (Japan)
Platform

Lines

Kinomiya Station is served by the Itō Line and is located 1.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Atami Station and 105.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

Kinomiya Station has one island platform connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 JT Itō Line for Itō, Izu-Kōgen, Izukyū Shimoda
2 JT Itō Line (Tōkaidō Line・Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Atami, Yokohama, Tokyo, Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line), Kagohara (via JU Takasaki Line)

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Itō Line JT22
Atami JT21   Local   Izu-Taga JT23

History

The area around the Kinomiya Station is landfill, from the previous rubble formed by the digging of the Tanna Tunnel. Kinomiya Station opened on March 30, 1935 when the section of the Itō Line linking Atami with Ajiro was completed. On April 1, 1987 along with division and privatization of the Japan National Railway, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station. The CTC center of the Itō Line used to be located at Kinomiya, but along with its renewal to one that includes the controller of tracks at Atami Station in autumn of 2006, it moved to Atami.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 1133 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Atami Police Office
  • Atami Post Office

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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