Kamiichiba Station (上市場駅, Kamiichiba-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Kamiichiba Station

上市場駅
Kamiichiba Station in November 2009
General information
LocationSakuma-cho Urakawa 2541, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°03′00″N 137°45′08″E / 35.050077°N 137.752295°E / 35.050077; 137.752295
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Iida Line
Distance56.0 km from Toyohashi
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1946
Previous namesKamiichiba Signal Depot (from 1935)
Passengers
FY20177 (daily)
Location
Kamiichiba Station is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Kamiichiba Station
Kamiichiba Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Kamiichiba Station is located in Japan
Kamiichiba Station
Kamiichiba Station
Kamiichiba Station (Japan)

Lines

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Kamiichiba Station is served by the Iida Line and is 56.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

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The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Iida Line
Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): Does not stop at this station
Izumma   Local (普通)   Urakawa

History

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Kamiichiba Station was established on June 12, 1935 as the Sanshin Kamiichiba Signal Depot on the now defunct Sanshin Railway. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida Line. It was elevated to a passenger station on December 1, 1946. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 7 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [1]

Surrounding area

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The station is located in an rural area.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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