Atami-eki is a railway station in the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Lines
Atami Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen and is 104.6 km from
Tokyo Station, as well as Tōkaidō Main Line serves extending westward from Atami. The JR East portion of the station serves the Tōkaidō Main Line between
Tokyo Station and Atami, and the station is also the northern
terminal station of the Itō Line.
Station layout
Due to its location on the side of a steep hill, Atami Station is built on several levels. On the lowest level is the station building itself, with automated
,
Suica automated
and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Tōkaidō Main Line and Ito Line share one
side platform and two
with five tracks connected by an underground passage to the station building. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen with two opposing side platforms is one level higher, and is connected to the lower platforms by an underground passage.
As a boundary station between JR East and JR Central, facilities for switching from Suica to Toica are provided at the entrance. Passengers from the Suica area bound for trains in the Toica area must exit the station through the Suica gates then enter again through the Toica gates, and the reverse also applies for passengers from the Toica area.
Platforms
History
Atami Station opened on March 25, 1925. On December 1, 1934, the
Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service to
Mishima Station and
Numazu Station began. The Ito Line began operations at Atami from March 30, 1935. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1964.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Atami Station was assigned station number CA00.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the local portion of the station was used by an average of 10,653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only),
and the Shinkansen portion of the station was used by 4,805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
Accidents
On June 27, 2002, at 10:37, a person was hit and killed by a train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
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Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .
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