Kawaramachi Station (Mie)

Kawaramachi Station
川原町駅
Kawaramachi Station
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
City Yokkaichi
Neighborhood etc. 1-1 Hongō-chō
Postal code510-0806
(in Japanese)三重県四日市市本郷町1-1
History
Year opened 1929
Rail services
Operator(s) Kintetsu
Line(s) Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Statistics 616 passengers/day (FY2010)

Kawaramachi Station (川原町駅 Kawaramachi-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Kawaramachi Station is 35.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.[1]

Line

Station layout

Kawaramachi Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1 Nagoya Line for Tsu, Osaka and Kashikojima
2 Nagoya Line for Kuwana and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Akuragawa   Local   Kintetsu Yokkaichi
Akuragawa   Semi-Express   Kintetsu Yokkaichi
Express: no stop

History

Kawaramachi Station opened on January 30, 1929, as a station on the Ise Railway. The Ise Railway became the Sangu Express Electric Railway’s Ise Line on September 15, 1936, and was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu.[2]

References

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

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Coordinates: 34°58′36.02″N 136°37′22.31″E / 34.9766722°N 136.6228639°E