Miyamachi Station

Location
	Miyamachi Station Location within Mie Prefecture Miyamachi Station Miyamachi Station (Japan)

Miyamachi Station

宮町駅
Miyamachi Station; 宮町駅
	Miyamachi Station west exit
General information
Location	686 Takabuku, Misono-cho, Ise-shi, Mie-ken 516-0805; Japan
Coordinates	34°29′53″N 136°41′54″E / 34.4980°N 136.6983°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Yamada Line
Distance	26.3 km from Ise-Nakagawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal;
Other information
Station code	M72
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 27, 1930
Previous names	Gekūmae (until 1933)
Passengers
FY2019	620 daily
Location
Location
	Miyamachi Station Location within Mie Prefecture Miyamachi Station Miyamachi Station (Japan)

Miyamachi Station (宮町駅, Miyamachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Miyamachi Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 26.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by an underground passage. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
2	■ Yamada Line	for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya and Osaka

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Yamada Line
Obata	Local	Iseshi
Matsusaka	Express (Nagoya Line through trains) (in the morning and the evening)	Iseshi

History

Miyamae Station opened on March 27, 1930 as Gekūmae Station (外宮前駅, Gekūmae-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Yamada Line.^[2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.^[2] The station was renamed to its present name in March 1933.^[1] A new station building was completed in March 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 620 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Shintomiza independent movie theater
Yokohama Rubber Mie plant
Ujiyamada High School
Ise Library
JR - Yamada-Kamiguchi Station

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b [1] Kintetsu Company History
^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Miyamachi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Kintetsu: Miyamachi Station(in Japanese)

[terada2002-1] 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.

[Kintetsu-2] [1] Kintetsu Company History

[Mie2019stats-3] 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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