Otowachō Station

Otowachō Station 音羽町駅
Otowachō Station in December 2010
General information
Location	Otowa-chō, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	34°58′42.11″N 138°23′45.62″E
Operated by	Shizuoka Railway
Line(s)	■ Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Distance	1.0 km from Shin-Shizuoka
Platforms	1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	S03
History
Opened	December 9, 1908
Previous names	Kiyomizukōen (to 1945)
Passengers
FY2017	779 (daily)
Location Otowachō Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Otowachō Station Otowachō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform

Otowachō Station (音羽町駅, Otowachō-eki) is a railway station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

Lines

Otowachō Station is a station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line and is 1.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Shizuoka Station.

Station layout

The station has a single island platform with a level crossing at one end. The station has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles, which accept the LuLuCa smart card ticketing system as well as the PiTaPa and ICOCA IC cards.

Platforms

1	■ Shizuoka-Shimizu Line	for Kusanagi and Shin-Shimizu
2	■ Shizuoka–Shimizu Line	for Shin-Shizuoka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shizuoka Railway Company
Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Hiyoshichō		-	Kasugachō

Station history

Otowachō Station was established as Kiyomizukōen Station (きよみず公園前駅, Kiyomizukōen-eki) on December 9, 1908. It was renamed to its present name after World War II.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 779 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 1
• Shizuoka Gakuen School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

Media related to Otowachō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shizuoka Railway official website