Masuo Station (Mie)

Masuo Station
益生駅
Masuo Station
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
City Kuwana
Neighborhood etc. 771 Yada
Postal code511-0821
(in Japanese)三重県桑名市大字矢田771
History
Year opened 1929
Former name Nishi-Kuwana Station
Present name since 1930
Rail services
Operator(s) Kintetsu
Line(s) Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Statistics 1297 passengers/day (FY2010)

Masuo Station (益生駅 Masuo-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Masuo Station is 24.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.[1]

Line

Station layout

Masuo Station has a single island platform serving 2 tracks, with 1 passing track for Yokkaichi without platform.

Platforms

2 Nagoya Line for Yokkaichi, Osaka and Kashikojima
3 Nagoya Line for Kuwana and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Kuwana   Local   Ise-Asahi
Kuwana   Semi-Express   Ise-Asahi
Express: no stop

History

Masuo Station opened on January 30, 1929 as Nishi-Kuwana Station (西桑名駅 Nishi Kuwana eki) on the Ise Railway. It was renamed to its present name in 1930. 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 isbn = 4-87366-874-3: Neko Publishing.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kintetsu Company History

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Coordinates: 35°3′32.2″N 136°40′44.2″E / 35.058944°N 136.678944°E