Ujiyamada Station
Ujiyamada Station 宇治山田駅 | |
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| Ujiyamada Station frontage, July 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Mie (See other stations in Mie) |
| City | Ise |
| Neighborhood etc. | 2-1-43 Iwabuchi |
| Postal code | 516-0037 |
| (in Japanese) | 三重県伊勢市岩渕二丁目1-43 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1931 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Kintetsu |
| Line(s) | Yamada Line, Toba Line |
| Statistics | 5,238[1] passengers/day (FY2010) |
Ujiyamada Station (宇治山田駅 Ujiyamada-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yamada Line and the Kintetsu Toba Line in Ise, Mie, Japan, operated by the private operator Kintetsu. It is the closest station to Ise Grand Shrine and thus has an important role for tourists and pilgrims.
The station also administrates the section between Kushida Station and Isuzugawa Station.
Lines
Ujiyamada Station is served by the Yamada Line and the Toba Line. It is 28.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.
Station layout
right: for Toba and Kashikojima
down: to Iseshi Station
Ujiyamada Station has one side platform and one bay platform serving a total of four tracks. The platforms are on the third floor of the station building. The only entrance to the building is on the west of the first floor. A royal suite is located in the second floor. Originally a penthouse on the building's east end, it was used as a fire watch tower, and became the firefighting headquarters of postwar Ise.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Yamada Line | returning for Ise-Nakagawa (partly) |
| 2 | ■Yamada Line | returning for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya and Osaka |
| 3 | ■Toba Line | for Toba and Kashikojima |
| 4 | ■Yamada Line | for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto |
Ticketing
- Limited express tickets and commuter passes are available.
- Automatic ticket checking is installed with additional compatibility with IC ride cards (PiTaPa, ICOCA, and other 8 brands).
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kintetsu Yamada Line, Toba Line | ||||
| Iseshi | Local | Isuzugawa | ||
| Iseshi | Express | Isuzugawa | ||
| Iseshi | Rapid express | Isuzugawa | ||
| Iseshi | Limited express | Isuzugawa | ||
| Iseshi | Non-stop limited express Limited express "Shimakaze" |
Toba | ||
History
Ujiyamada Station was opened as the terminal station of the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway on March 17, 1931.[2] On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Kyuko Railway's Yamada Line. [3] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[3] Services to Nagoya began on January 20, 1920, and the line was extended from Ujiyamada to Isuzugawa Station on December 15, 1969. [3] In 2001, the station building was named a Registered Tangible Cultural Properties by the national government.[4]
Surrounding area
- Ise Grand Shrine
- Chokokan Ise Grand Shrine History Museum
- Ise City Hall
- Ise sight-seeing information center
- Kōgakkan University
- Kōgakkan High School
- Ise High School
- Ise Technical High School
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ujiyamada Station. |
- Kintetsu: Layout of Ujiyamada Station (English)
- Kintetsu: Ujiyamada Station (Japanese)
- Ujiyamada Station page on Cultural Properties of Mie Prefecture (Japanese)
Coordinates: 34°29′18″N 136°42′49″E / 34.488205°N 136.713733°E