Shimizu Station (Shizuoka)

Shimizu Station 清水駅
JR Shimizu Station east gate in 2008
Location	Manago-machi, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka （静岡県静岡市清水区真砂町） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1889
Previous names	Ejiri (until 1934)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	11,272 daily

Shimizu Station (清水駅, Shimizu-eki^?) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 169 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Shimizu Station first opened as Ejiri Station (江尻駅, Ejiri-eki^?) on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It was named after Ejiri-juku, the 18th station of the historical Tōkaidō. In 1934 it was renamed Shimizu Station.

From 1916 the Shimizukō Line ran as a branch line from Shimizu Station through the industrial port area of the town before terminating in Miho. In 1984 this line was torn up and replaced by a bus service. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1984, and all freight services by 2001. Transfer to the Shizuoka-Shimizu Railway is available via Shin-Shimizu Station, a ten-minute walk from the east exit. The current station building was completed in June 2003.