Kitsunegasaki Station

Kitsunegasaki Station (狐ヶ崎駅) is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

Lines
Kitsunegasaki Station is a station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line and is 8.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Shizuoka Station.

Station layout
The station has a single island platform. The station building is built above the west side of the platform, and has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles, which accept the LuLuCa smart card ticketing system as well as the PiTaPa and ICOCA IC cards. The station is wheelchair accessible.

Station history
Kitsunegasaki Station was established as Uehara Station (上原駅) on December 9, 1908. In 1926, the predecessor of the Kitsunegasaki Young Land Amusement Center opened, and in 1927 the Uehara Station was renamed Yuenmae Station (遊園前駅). The amusement part closed during World War II, and in 1944, Yuenmae Station was renamed as Kitsunegasaki Station. However, after the end of the war, the amusement park reopened, and as part of the promotional campaign created by Shizuoka Railway to boost the popularity of the park, the station name was changed from 1968 to Kitsunegasaki Yangu-randomae Station (頃 狐ヶ崎ヤングランド前駅). It reverted to the simpler name of Kitsunegasaki Station in 1985.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2657 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Kitsunegasaki Young Land