Kuwana Station
Kuwana Station (桑名駅, Kuwana-eki) is a union railway station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It serves JR Central’s Kansai Main Line and is 23.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Nagoya Station. It also serves the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway and is 23.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line, and the Sangi Railway's Nishi-Kuwana Station is next to the station.
CJ07 Kuwana Station 桑名駅 | |
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 Kuwana Station, West Exit | |
| Location | 135 Higashikata, Kuwana, Mie （三重県桑名市大字東方135） Japan |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 9,862 (JR) 24,598(Kintetsu) 4,688 (Yōrō) daily |
Line
- Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
- Kintetsu
- Yōrō Railway
Station layout
Kuwana Station has a single island platform and a side platform serving the 3 tracks used by JR Central. There are an additional two island platforms with 4 tracks for use by the Kintetsu and Yōrō Railway.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Yokkaichi, Kameyama, Matsusaka, Iseshi, Toba, Shingu and Kii-Katsuura |
| 2 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Nagoya |
| 3 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Yokkaichi and Kameyama (siding) for Nagoya (siding) |
| 4 | ■ Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line | for Tado, Yōrō and Ōgaki |
| 6 | ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line | for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Kashikojima, Ōsaka and Kōbe |
| 7, 8 | ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line | for Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Central Kansai Line | ||||
| Nagashima | Local | Asahi | ||
| Yatomi | Semi Rapid | Asahi | ||
| Nagoya | Rapid | Yokkaichi | ||
| Nagoya | Rapid Mie | Yokkaichi | ||
| Nagoya | Limited Express Nanki | Yokkaichi | ||
| Kintetsu Nagoya Line | ||||
| Kintetsu Nagashima | Local | Masuo | ||
| Kintetsu Nagashima | Semi-Express | Masuo | ||
| Kintetsu Yatomi | Express | Kintetsu Tomida | ||
| Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Harima | ||
History
Kuwana Station opened on July 5, 1894 as a station on the privately owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) network. The Yōrō Railway began operations to Kuwana Station on April 27, 1919. The Ise Electric Railway (later known as the Kintetsu Nagoya Line) began operations on January 30, 1929.[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from 1982.
External links
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- (in Japanese) Kintetsu: Kintetsu Station
- (in Japanese) JR Central Kuwana Station