Kanasashi_Station
Kanasashi Station
Railway station in Hamamatsu, Japan
Kanasashi Station (金指駅, Kanasashi-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.
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Kanasashi Station 金指駅 | |
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General information | |
Location | Inasa-cho, Kanasahi, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-2213 Japan |
Coordinates | 34°49′01″N 137°40′52″E |
Operated by | Tenryū Hamanako Railroad |
Line(s) | ■ Tenryū Hamanako Line |
Distance | 41.9 kilometers from Kakegawa |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | April 1, 1938 |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 339 daily |
Location | |
Kanasashi Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 41.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.
The station has a single island platform and a two-story station building. Until 1964, an adjacent island platform to the south of the station served a spur line of the Enshū Railway. The station building, platform and water tower are protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan since 2011.[1][2]
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Tenryū Hamanako Line | ||||
Tokohadaigakumae | - | Okaji |
Kanasashi Station was established on April 1, 1938, as the terminal station of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line. The line was further extended to Enshū-Mori Station by June 1, 1940. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from March 1985, marking the final end of all freight services on the line. On March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.[3]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 339 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
- Hamamatsu Kohoku High School
- Japan National Route 362
- "天竜浜名湖鉄道金指駅上屋及びプラットホーム" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- "天竜浜名湖鉄道金指駅高架貯水槽" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Media related to Kanasashi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information (in Japanese)