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CA43
Nishi-Kozakai Station

西小坂井駅
CA43; Nishi-Kozakai Station; 西小坂井駅
	Nishi-Kozakai Station, April 2018
General information
Location	Maeyama-20 Inachō, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken 441-0105; Japan
Coordinates	34°47′51″N 137°21′7″E / 34.79750°N 137.35194°E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Distance	298.4 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CA43
History
Opened	August 1, 1948
Passengers
FY2017	1212 daily
Location
Location
	Nishi-Kozakai Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Nishi-Kozakai Station Nishi-Kozakai Station (Japan)

Nishi-Kozakai Station (西小坂井駅, Nishi-Kozakai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Nishi-Kozakai Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 298.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has a two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, track 1 is not in use. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.

Platforms

2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Toyohashi・Hamamatsu
3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Okazaki・Nagoya
4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Okazaki・Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
New Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sectional Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toyohashi	Local	Aichi-Mito

Station history

Nishi-Kozakai Station began operations on June 10, 1945 as Nishi-Ina Signal (西伊奈信号場, Nishi-Ina-shingō-shō) on the Tōkaidō Main Line. It was elevated to a full station under its present name on August 1, 1948. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1972, and parcel services by 1984. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Nishi-Kozakai Station was assigned station number CA43.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1213 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

site of Ushikubo Castle
Ushikubo Elementary School

References

Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)

^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ "平成30年版豊川市の統計）2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.