Mochimune Station

Mochimune Station 用宗駅
File:JRCentral-Tokaido-main-line-Mochimune-station-building-20101215.jpg JR Mochimune Station in Dec. 2010
Location	4-1 Mochimune-Shiroyama, Suruga, Shizuoka, Shizuoka （静岡市駿河区用宗城山町4-1） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1909
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,715 daily

Mochimune Station (用宗駅, Mochimune-eki) is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is located 186.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station, and is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

History

A signal box was established at the site of present-day Mochimune Station on December 21, 1902. It was rebuilt as a station for both passenger and freight services on November 1, 1909. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1974.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Mochimune Station has an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, and a side platform serving the seldom-used Track 1. The platforms are connected to the station building by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	auxiliary platform
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Fujieda, Yaizu, Shimada, Hamamatsu
3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Shizuoka, Numazu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Commuter Rapid: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Abekawa		Local		Yaizu

References

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