Yaizu Station (焼津駅) is a station with a station building over the tracks in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) runs it. It opened on 16 April 1889 as an ordinary station.
History
The national railway opened Yaizu Station on 16 April 1889, when its line was extended from Shizuoka to Hamamatsu. It was an ordinary station. In about July 1891 the Fujieda–Yaizu tramway began running in front of the station. On 1 April 1895 the national railway's line names were set, and the station was placed on the Tōkai Line, later renamed the Tōkaidō Line. The tramway closed in 1900.
On 30 May 1930 Emperor Shōwa visited Shizuoka Prefecture. A special imperial train ran between Shizuoka and Yaizu, and between Yaizu and Shimada. On 15 April 1965 the station building was rebuilt in reinforced concrete, partly as a two-storey building. On 20 July 1975 the station became an elevated station. Wagon-load freight and checked-baggage handling ended on 1 November 1986. A Midori no Madoguchi counter opened on 1 February 1987. On 1 April 1987 the national railway was split up, and the station became part of JR Central.
Automatic ticket gates started on 12 December 1992. A platform elevator was installed in 2000. In October 2003 the south station square was rebuilt, with a deck from the second floor of the station to the station street. In 2004 an elevator was installed at the north exit, and the north square was renovated. TOICA service started on 1 March 2008. In October 2009 the ticket machines changed from button type to touch-panel type.
On 21 June 2023 a FamilyMart store opened at the station. It was the first store in Shizuoka Prefecture, and the first at a JR Central station facility, to use an unmanned payment system.
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