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Kuwana Station (桑名駅, Kuwana-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai), and they private railway operator Kintetsu Railway and its subsidiary Yōrō Railway. Sangi Railway's Nishi-Kuwana Station is next to the station.
CJ07 Kuwana Station 桑名駅 | |||||
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 Kuwana Station, West Exit | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 135 Higashikata, Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken 511-0811 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°4′3.1″N 136°40′59.2″E / 35.067528°N 136.683111°E | ||||
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| Distance | 23.8 km from Nagoya | ||||
| Platforms | 3 island + 1 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CJ07, E13 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | July 5, 1894 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 3,521 (JR) 12,360(Kintetsu) 2,228 (Yōrō) daily | ||||
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Lines
editKuwana Station is served by the JR Kansai Main Line, and is 23.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Nagoya Station. It is also served by the Kintetsu Nagoya Line and is 23.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line, and is 57.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of that line at Ibi Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single island platform and a side platform serving the 3 tracks used by JR Central. There are an additional two island platforms with 4 tracks for use by the Kintetsu and Yōrō Railway.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Yokkaichi, Kameyama, Matsusaka, Iseshi, Toba, Shingu and Kii-Katsuura |
| 2 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Nagoya |
| 3 | ■ JR Central Kansai Line | for Yokkaichi and Kameyama (siding) for Nagoya (siding) |
| 4 | ■ Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line | for Tado, Yōrō and Ōgaki |
| 6 | ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line | for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Kashikojima, Ōsaka and Kōbe |
| 7, 8 | ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line | for Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR Central Kansai Line | ||||
| Nagashima | Local | Asahi | ||
| Yatomi | Semi Rapid | Asahi | ||
| Nagoya | Rapid | Yokkaichi | ||
| Nagoya | Rapid Mie | Yokkaichi | ||
| Nagoya | Limited Express Nanki | Yokkaichi | ||
| Kintetsu Nagoya Line | ||||
| Kintetsu Nagashima | Local | Masuo | ||
| Kintetsu Nagashima | Semi-Express | Masuo | ||
| Kintetsu Yatomi | Express | Kintetsu Tomida | ||
| Kintetsu Nagoya | Limited Express | Kintetsu-Yokkaichi | ||
| Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Harima | ||
History
editKuwana Station opened on July 5, 1894 as a station on the privately-owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) network. The Yōrō Railway began operations to Kuwana Station on April 27, 1919. The Ise Electric Railway (later known as the Kintetsu Nagoya Line) began operations on January 30, 1929.[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from 1982.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kuwana Station was assigned station number CI07.[2][3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3,521 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Kintetsu portion of the station was used by 12,360 passengers and the Yōrō Railway portion by 2,228 passengers daily.[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Kuwana City Office
- Kuwana-juku
- Kuwana Castle ruins
- Japan National Route 1
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ [1] Kintetsu Company History
- ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Kuwana Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kintetsu: Kintetsu Station(in Japanese)
- JR Central Kuwana Station(in Japanese)
- Yōrō Railway Kuwana Station(in Japanese)