Tsu-shimmachi Station

Railway station in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan
34°42′57″N 136°30′01″E / 34.7158°N 136.5002°E / 34.7158; 136.5002Operated by Kintetsu RailwayLine(s) Nagoya LineDistance86.6  km from Kintetsu NagoyaPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformsOther informationStation codeE40WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedJuly 4, 1931PassengersFY20196966 daily
Location
Tsu-Shimmachi Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Tsu-Shimmachi Station
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Tsu-Shimmachi Station is located in Japan
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Tsu-Shimmachi Station (津新町駅, Tsu-shimmachi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Tsu-Shimmachi Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 86.6 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.[1]

Station layout

The station was consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. Platform 3 is used for trains which terminate at this station.

Platforms

1 ■ Nagoya Line for Toba, Osaka Namba, Kashikojima
2, 3 ■ Nagoya Line for Tsu, Kintetsu Yokkaichi, Nagoya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Line
Tsu   Express (急行)   Minamigaoka
Tsu   Local (普通)   Minamigaoka

History

Tsu-Shimmachi Station opened on July 4, 1931, as a station on the Sangu Express Electric Railway's Tsu Line. The Tsu Line was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. On March 15, 1941, the Sangu Express Electric Railway merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line.[2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu.[2] The station building was rebuilt in 1970, with underpasses connecting the platforms.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6966 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Tsu City Office
  • Tsu Chuo Post Office
  • Mie Prefectural Tsu High School
  • Mie Prefectural Tsu Technical High School
  • Tsu City Nishikyonai Junior High School

See also

References

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

External links

Media related to Tsu-Shimmachi Station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Kintetsu: Tsu-Shimmachi Station(in Japanese)