Tokuwa Station

Tokuwa Station 徳和駅
Tokuwa Station platforms
Location	Shimomura 1855, Matsusaka, Mie （三重県松阪市下村町1855） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Kisei Main Line
History
Opened	1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	403 daily

Tokuwa Station (徳和駅, Tokuwa-eki) is a railway station in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 37.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

History

Tokuwa Station opened on December 31, 1894 as a station on Sangu Railway Line. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming the Sangu Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on October 12, 1909. On December 25, 1930, the Ise Electric Railway Line connected to Tokuwa Station. This line merged with the Sangu Express Electric Railway in 1936, which was acquired by the Osaka Electrical Railway in 1941, and renamed the Kansai Express Railway. However, this company went out of business in 1942. The station was transferred to the control of the Japan National Railways (JNR) Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959. The station has been unattended since December 21, 1983. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was torn down in February 2000.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
  • Kisei Main Line

Station layout

Tokuwa Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

• JR Central timetable (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°33′14″N 136°33′12″E / 34.5539°N 136.5534°E / 34.5539; 136.5534