Kitsunegasaki Station

Kitsunegasaki Station

狐ヶ崎駅
Kitsunegasaki Station; 狐ヶ崎駅
	Kitsunegasaki Station on June 2016
Location	Uehara 1-chome, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken; Japan
Coordinates	35°00′41″N 138°27′34″E / 35.011443°N 138.459500°ECoordinates: 35°00′41″N 138°27′34″E / 35.011443°N 138.459500°E
Operated by	Shizuoka Railway
Line(s)	■ Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Distance	8.3 km from Shin-Shizuoka
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Station code	S12
History
Opened	December 9, 1908
Previous names	Uehara (to 1927); Yuenmae (to 1944); Kitsunegasaki (to 1968); Kitsunegasaki Yangu-randomae (to 1985)
Passengers
FY2017	2657 (daily)
Location
	Kitsunegasaki Station Location within Shizuoka PrefectureShow map of Shizuoka PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Platforms in 2010

Kitsunegasaki Station (狐ヶ崎駅, Kitsunegasaki-eki) is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

Lines[]

Kitsunegasaki Station is a station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line and is 8.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Shizuoka Station.

Station layout[]

The station has a single island platform. The station building is built above the west side of the platform, and has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles, which accept the LuLuCa smart card ticketing system as well as the PiTaPa and ICOCA IC cards. The station is wheelchair accessible.

Platforms[]

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

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Mikadodai	Commuter Express	Sakurabashi
Mikadodai	Express	Sakurabashi
Mikadodai	Local	Sakurabashi

Station history[]

Kitsunegasaki Station was established as Uehara Station (上原駅, Uehara-eki) on December 9, 1908. In 1926, the predecessor of the Kitsunegasaki Young Land Amusement Center opened, and in 1927 the Uehara Station was renamed Yuenmae Station (遊園前駅, Yuenmae-eki). The amusement part closed during World War II, and in 1944, Yuenmae Station was renamed as Kitsunegasaki Station. However, after the end of the war, the amusement park reopened, and as part of the promotional campaign created by Shizuoka Railway to boost the popularity of the park, the station name was changed from 1968 to Kitsunegasaki Yangu-randomae Station (頃狐ヶ崎ヤングランド前駅, Yangu-randomae-eki).　It reverted to the simpler name of Kitsunegasaki Station in 1985.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2657 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

Kitsunegasaki Young Land

References[]

^ 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 Kitsunegasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

Shizuoka Railway official website

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[shizuokastats-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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