title: Maisaka Station
text: # Maisaka Station
  
  Maisaka Station (舞阪駅, Maisaka-eki) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Maisaka Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 267.5 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Maisaka Station has a side platform serving Track 1 and an island platform serving Track 2 and Track 3, connected by a footbridge. Track 1 is used only during peak hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, Maibara |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Mishima |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Central Japan Railway Company |||||
  | Tōkaidō Main Line |||||
  | Takatsuka | Special Rapid | Bentenjima |
  | Takatsuka | New Rapid | Bentenjima |
  | Takatsuka | Local | Bentenjima |
  
  ## Station history
  
  Maisaka Station was opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. It was originally named Magoori Station (馬郡駅, Magoori-eki). It was renamed Maisaka on December 1, 1888, but the kanji spelling of its name assumed its present form only in 1940. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.
  
  Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Maisaka Station was assigned station number CA36.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2719 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Lake Hamana
  