Mishima Station (三島駅) is a ground-level station in Mishima, Shizuoka. JR Central runs the Tokaido Shinkansen here. Izuhakone Railway also runs a line through the station. The station opened on 1 December 1934, and the Shinkansen stop on 25 April 1969.
History
The second Mishima station opened on 1 December 1934, when the Tanna Tunnel changed the route of the Tokaido Main Line to here. The Sunto Railway, now the Izuhakone Railway Sunto Line, also began running into it. In April 1952 the Emperor and Empress's special train stopped here during the national tree-planting festival in Kanbara.
A group to press for a new Shinkansen station was formed on 8 April 1965. A Shinkansen signal station opened on 27 September 1965, with a turnback line and a siding. The national railway board decided on 8 November 1967 to build a station here. Work on the station building began on 9 April 1968 and was finished on 4 April 1969. The Shinkansen station opened on 25 April 1969, replacing the signal station.
The Shinkansen platform was extended for 16-car trains in 1970. Rail freight was cut back on 1 October 1974, and the freight that came in on the Izuhakone line ended on 1 February 1984. Parcel handling ended on 1 November 1986. On 1 April 1987 the national railway passed to JR Central and JR Freight. An escalator was added to the underpass on 1 March 1992, and automatic ticket gates were installed on the conventional lines on 6 February 1993. A passenger fell from the platform in an accident on 27 December 1995.
Automatic ticket gates were installed on the Shinkansen gates on 10 March 1998 and on the Izuhakone gates on 15 March 2002. More Hikari trains began stopping here on 1 October 2003. Freight trains to the Toray private siding ended in May 2007. TOICA could be used on the Tokaido Line from 1 March 2008. Asty Mishima, a shopping complex in the station, opened on 6 June 2008, and its south extension opened on 17 July 2014.
Izuhakone's Mishima station was renovated until June 2020, and a station soba shop closed in January 2020. The JR Central Tours Mishima branch closed on 28 September 2022. A sub-name sponsorship with the food company Tohei Shokai began on 4 August 2023. In April 2024 the Izuhakone line put up its first three-dimensional sign. A reserved-seat ticket machine with support features was planned for the south exit on 14 March 2026.
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