Biwajima Station | |
Native Name: | 枇杷島駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nishi-Biwajima-cho, Nanasewari, Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken 452-0063 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | 370.0 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Code: | CA69 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | April 1, 1886 |
Former: | Kiyosu (to 1906) |
Passengers: | 3886 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2013 |
Map Type: | Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Biwajima Station |
thumb|right|250px|Platforms is a railway station in the city of Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the Tōkai Transport Service Company (TKJ).
Biwajima Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 370.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also a terminal station for the TKJ Jōhoku Line, and is located 11.2 kilometers from the opposite terminus at .
The station has two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.
|-!colspan=5|Central Japan Railway Company|-!colspan=5|Tōkai Transport Service Company
Biwajima Station was opened on April 1, 1886 as 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.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Biwajima Station was assigned station number CA69.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 3886 passengers daily.