Higashi-Matsusaka Station

Higashi-Matsusaka Station
東松阪駅
Higashi-Matsusaka Station
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
City Matsusaka
Neighborhood etc. 353-1 Otsu-cho Hisachi
Postal code515-0031
(in Japanese)三重県松阪市大津町久地353-1
History
Year opened 1930
Rail services
Operator(s) Kintetsu
Line(s) Kintetsu Yamada Line
Statistics 1034 passengers/day (FY2010)

Higashi-Matsusaka Station (東松阪駅 Higashi-Matsusaka-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yamada Line in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Higashi-Matsusaka Station is 10.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Yamada Line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.[1]

Station layout

Higashi-Matsusaka Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Yamada Line
Matsusaka   Local   Kushida

History

Higashi-Matsusaka Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Yamada Line. [2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2]The station was closed on June 1, 1945, but was reopened on March 14, 1946.

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°33′56″N 136°32′46″E / 34.5655°N 136.5460°E