Passengers (2011) 536 daily Opened 1963 | Connections Bus terminal | |
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Operated by JR CentralJapan Freight Railway Company Similar Tomari Station, Kawarada Station, Minami‑Hinaga Station, Tomidahama Station, Yokkaichi Station | ||
Minami-Yokkaichi Station (南四日市駅, Minami-Yokkaichi-eki) is a railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on the Kansai Main Line. It is located 40.4 rail kilometers from Nagoya Station, and is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Trains on the Ise Railway Ise Line often stop at this station, although the official terminal station for the line is at Kawarada Station. The facilities of the station are also used by the Japan Freight Railway Company.
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Station history
Minami-Yokkaichi Station began as the Hinaga Signal (日永信号場, Hinaga Shingosho) on July 1, 1928. It was upgraded to a full station on the Kansai Main Line of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on October 1, 1963 and was renamed to its present name at that time. Operations of the Ise Line were extended through Minami-Yokkaichi Station on September 1, 1973. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since April 1, 2011.
Scheduled freight operations began from September 20, 1934. Containerized freight operations were discontinued on July 1, 1975, but were resumed from September 1, 1993.
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Layout
Minami-Yokkaichi Station has a single island platform.