Kii-Nagashima Station

Kii-Nagashima Station
紀伊長島駅
Kii-Nagashima Station
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
District Kitamuro
Town Kihoku
Neighborhood etc. 301 Higashi-Nagashima
Postal code519 - 3204
(in Japanese)三重県北牟婁郡紀伊長島区東長島301
History
Year opened 1930
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Kisei Main Line
Statistics 264 passengers/day (FY2010)

Kii-Nagashima Station (紀伊長島駅 Kii-Nagashima-eki) is a railway station in Kihoku, Kitamuro District, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 98.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

History

Kii-Nagashima Station opened on April 29, 1930 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei East Line. The line was extended to Minose Station by April 26, 1932, and the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War 2. The line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

Station layout

Kii-Nagashima Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass. The wooden station building dates from the original construction.

Platforms

1 Kisei Main Line For Matsusaka, Nagoya
2 Kisei Main Line For Owase, Shingū
3 Kisei Main Line auxiliary platform for bidirectional traffic


Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kisei Main Line
Umegadani - Minose

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Coordinates: 34°12′33″N 136°20′23″E / 34.2092°N 136.3397°E