Akeno Station

Akeno Station
明野駅
Akeno Station in 2008
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
City Ise
Neighborhood etc. 5285-1 Akeno, Obata-cho
Postal code519-0501
(in Japanese)三重県伊勢市小俣町明野5285-1
History
Year opened 1930
Rail services
Operator(s) Kintetsu
Line(s) Kintetsu Yamada Line
Statistics 1056 passengers/day (FY2010)

Akeno Station (明野駅 Akeno-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yamada Line in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Miyamachi Station is 22.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.[1]

Line

Station layout

Akeno Station has a two opposed side platforms, connected by an underpass crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 Yamada Line for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
2 Yamada Line for Ise-Nakagawa
Change trains at Matsusaka or Ise-Nakagawa for Nagoya, Osaka and Kyoto

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Yamada Line
Myōjō   Local   Obata

History

Akeno Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Kyuko Railway's Yamada Line. [2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2] A new station building was completed in March 1992.

Surrounding area

References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan isbn = 4-87366-874-3: Neko Publishing.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kintetsu Company History

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Coordinates: 34°31′17″N 136°40′09″E / 34.5214°N 136.6691°E