Tsu Station

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Station name in hiragana (つ), kanji (津) and rōmaji (Tsu)

Tsu Station (津駅, Tsu-eki^?) is the central railway station of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The name of the station is considered the shortest in Japan because it is the only station name that is written with one kana while there are other stations with shorter name if written in Latin letters, such as Oe Station.

1 Lines
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Lines

Tsu Station is served by three railway operators. It is on the Kisei Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), the Nagoya Line of Kintetsu, and the Ise Railway Ise Line.

[edit] History

The JR section of the station was opened on November 4, 1891 by the Kansai Railway as the terminal of a branch from Kameyama Station. On December 31, 1893, Sangū Railway opened an extension of the Kansai Railway line from Tsu to Miyagawa Station. Both railways were nationalized on October 1, 1907.^[1]

The Kintetsu part of the station was opened by Sangū Kyūkō Railway on April 3, 1932.^[2]

On September 1, 1973, Japanese National Railways opened the Ise Line, which was transferred to Ise Railway Company on March 27, 1987.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen II (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation, p. 370. ISBN 4533029809.
^ Kintetsu Corporation. 鉄道網のおいたち昭和３年～１３年｜近鉄企業情報. Retrieved on November 17, 2007.
^ Ishino, supra, p. 347

[edit] External links

(Japanese) Tsu Station (JR Central)
(Japanese) Tsu Station (Kintetsu)
(Japanese) Tsu Station (Ise Railway)

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Stations of the JR Central Kisei Main Line (Kameyama - Shingū)

Kameyama · Shimonoshō · Ishinden · (for Yokkaichi <<) Tsu · Akogi · Takachaya · Rokken · Matsusaka · Tokuwa · Taki (>> for Toba) · Ōka · Sana · Tochihara · Kawazoe · Misedani · Takihara · Aso · Ise-Kashiwazaki · Ōuchiyama · Umegadani · Kii-Nagashima · Minose · Funatsu · Aiga · Owase · Ōsoneura · Kuki · Mikisato · Kata · Nigishima · Atashika · Hadasu · Ōdomari · Kumanoshi · Arii · Kōshiyama · Kii-Ichigi · Atawa · Kii-Ida · Udono · Shingū (>> for Wakayama)

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Kintetsu Nagoya Line Stations

Kintetsu Nagoya • Komeno • Kogane • Kasumori • Kintetsu Hatta • Fushiya • Toda • Kintetsu Kanie • Tomiyoshi • Sakogi • Kintetsu Yatomi • Kintetsu Nagashima • Kuwana • Masuo • Ise-Asahi • Tomisuhara • Kintetsu Tomida • Kasumigaura • Akuragawa • Kawaramachi • Kintetsu Yokkaichi ( >> Yunoyama Line, Utsube Line ) • Shinshō • Miyamado • Shiohama • Kita-Kusu • Kusu • Nagonoura • Mida • Ise-Wakamatsu ( >> Suzuka Line ) • Chiyozaki • Shiroko • Tsuzumigaura • Isoyama • Chisato • Toyotsu-Ueno • Takadahonzan • Edobashi • Tsu • Tsu-shimmachi • Minamigaoka • Hisai • Momozono • Ise-Nakagawa (>> Osaka Line, Yamada Line)

v • d • e Stations of the Ise Railway Ise Line

(<< Kansai Main Line Yokkaichi – Minami-Yokkaichi – Kawarada) Suzuka – Tamagaki – Suzuka Circuit Inō – Tokuda – Nakaseko – Ise-Ueno – Kawage – Higashi-Ishinden - Tsu