is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line

Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Tenryu Hamanako Line

The , or for short, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running the north coast of Lake Hamana between Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa and Shinjohara Station in Kosai. This is the only railway line of .-History:...

 and the Enshū Railway Line

Enshu Railway Line

The Enshū Railway Line, officially the , is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin Hamamatsu, Naka Ward through Nishi Kajima, Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshū Railway operates...

 in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu

Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu

is one of the seven wards of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is bordered by Kita-ku and Hamakita-ku in Hamamatsu, the cities of Shimada and Iwata and towns of Mori and Kawanehon in Shizuoka, Shishiro, Tōei and Toyone in Aichi Prefecture and Iida and Tenryū in Nagano...

, Shizuoka Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is located 28.5 rail kilometers from the terminus

Terminal Station

Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...

 of the Tenryū Hamanako Line at Kakegawa Station

Kakegawa Station

is an interchange railway station in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line, and Tenryū-Hamanako Railway. It is located 239.3 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station...

 and 17.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Enshū Railway Line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station

Shin-Hamamatsu Station

is a terminal train station on the Enshū Railway Line in Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Hamamatsu Station servicing the Tōkaidō Main Line and Tōkaidō Shinkansen lines is a three minute walk away.-Station history:...

Station history

Nishi-Kashima Station was established on December 6, 1909 as the on the Kashima-line. In 1943, as part of the wartime nationalization and consolidation of private railways, this line became part of the Enshū Railway Line. On April 1, 1923, the station was renamed , and (after coming under control of the Japan National Railway organization on March 1, 1938, was moved approximately 400 meters to the south, and given its present name.

On June 1, 1940, the Japan National Railway’s Futamata Line was extended from Enshū-Mori Station

Enshu-Mori Station

is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Mori, Shūchi District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 12.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station-Station History:...

 to Kanasashi Station

Kanasashi Station

is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 41.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station.-Station History:...

, with an intermediate stop at Nishi-Kashima Station. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from June 1970.

Lines

• Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
  • Tenryū Hamanako Line
    Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Tenryu Hamanako Line
    The , or for short, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running the north coast of Lake Hamana between Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa and Shinjohara Station in Kosai. This is the only railway line of .-History:...
    
    
• Enshū Railway
  • Enshū Railway Line
    Enshu Railway Line
    The Enshū Railway Line, officially the , is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin Hamamatsu, Naka Ward through Nishi Kajima, Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshū Railway operates...
    
    

Layout

Nishi-Kashima Station was two opposed side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s for the Enshū Railway Line and a single side platform for the Tenryū Hamanako Line. All platforms are connected by an underpass. The Tenryū Hamanako Line line originally had two platforms, one of which was used primarily for freight services. This platform was destroyed when the Enshū Line repair works were relocated to Nishi-Kashima Station from Enshū-Nishigasaki Station

Enshu-Nishigasaki Station

is a train station on the Enshū Railway Line in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan-Station History:Enshū-Nishigasaki Station was established on December 6, 1909. It was renamed in April 1923, Freight services were discontinued from 1973....

on December 23, 1977.

Adjacent stations

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External links

Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information