Shin-Kanaya Station
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is an railway station
Train station
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 in Shimada
Shimada, Shizuoka
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, Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

, Japan
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, on the Ōigawa Main Line. It is operated by the Ōigawa Railway
Oigawa Railway
The is a railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company is commonly known as . The company belongs to Meitetsu Group. The first section of its lines opened in 1927....

.

Station history

Shin-Kanaya Station was opened on June 10, 1927, the same day that the Ōigawa Railway
Oigawa Railway
The is a railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company is commonly known as . The company belongs to Meitetsu Group. The first section of its lines opened in 1927....

 began service.

Layout

Shin-Kanaya Station has a single island platform
Island platform
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. The station originally was built with a turntable, which is no longer in existence. The station has many shunt tracks, and is a boneyard for obsolete locomotives formerly in use on the Ōigawa Railway or the Japan National Railway. The station building is a two-story clapboard wooden structure.

Adjacent stations

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