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Ise Kawashima Station

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Operated by
  
Kintetsu Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Yunoyama Line

Passengers
  
1296 daily

Opened
  
1913

Ise-Kawashima Station

Location
  
1052 Kawashima-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie（三重県四日市市川島町字川原1052）Japan

Previous names
  
Kawashimamura (until 1954)

Similar
  
Takatsuno Station, Ise‑Matsumoto Station, Nakagawara Station, Sakura Station, Nishihino Station

Ise-Kawashima Station (伊勢川島駅, Ise-Kawashima-eki) is a railway station on the Yunoyama Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Ise-Kawashima Station is 5.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.

Contents

Lines

  • Kintetsu Railway
  • Yunoyama Line

    • Layout

    Ise-Kawashima Station has two opposed side platforms, connected by an overpass. This makes it possible for trains running in opposite directions one the single-line Yunoyama Line to pass each other at this station.

    Usage

    Ise-Kawashima Station is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

    According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, 2,218 people passed through this station daily. This made it the:

  • 189th busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
  • 39th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
  • 5th busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

    • Surrounding area

  • Yokkaichi City Hall Kawashima District Civic Center
  • Mitakidai Housing Area
  • Yokkaichi Kawashima Post Office
  • Mitaki River
  • National Route 477

    • History

  • June 1, 1913 - Station opens as Kawashimamura Station (川島村駅, Kawashimamura-eki) on the Yokkaichi Railway.
  • March 1, 1931 - Station falls under the ownership of Mie Railway following merger.
  • February 11, 1944 - Station falls under the ownership of Sanco following merger.
  • July 1954 - Station is renamed Ise-Kawashima Station (伊勢川島駅, Ise-Kawashima-eki)
  • February 1, 1964 - Station falls under the ownership of Mie Electric Railway after railway division of Sanco splits off and forms separate company.
  • April 1, 1965 - Station falls under the ownership of Kintetsu following merger.
  • April 1, 2007 - Support for PiTaPa and ICOCA begins.
  • October 2012 - Station is unattended after installation of automatic wicket gates

    • References

    Ise-Kawashima Station Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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