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Enden Station

railway station in Mori, Shūchi district, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5370065
Source-derived summary

Enden Station (円田駅, Enden-eki) is a railway station in the town of Mori, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.

Lines

Enden Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 14.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single track with a small wooden shelter built onto the platform. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

Station History

Enden Station was established on March 13, 1988 as a commuter station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 40 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

The station is located in a residential area.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Enden Station” as railway station in Mori, Shūchi district, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Enden, Station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-03-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Enden, Station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Enden Station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Mori, Shūchi district, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5370065. Authority coordinates are 34.821, 137.907. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 2016.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Enden Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Enden Station primary sources, Enden Station archive and Enden research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Enden Station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Enden Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.