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Bentenjima Station is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 269.8 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.Station historyBentenjima Station was opened on July 11, 1906 when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. It was originally a seasonal station, open only during the summer months for visitors to the nearby beach resorts. It became a permanent station on September 1, 1916. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.LinesCentral Japan Railway CompanyTōkaidō Main LineLayoutBentenjima Station has a single island platform serving Track 1 and Track 2. The platforms are unusually wide, and the station building is located underneath the platforms. The station building is manned only during peak hours and has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter. The station building also fronts Japan National Route 1 highway.