Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station

Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station 近鉄四日市駅
Location
Prefecture	Mie (See other stations in Mie)
City	Yokkaichi
Neighborhood etc.	1-56, Yasujima Itchome
Coordinates	34°58′1.2″N 136°37′7.25″E
(in Japanese)	三重県四日市市安島一丁目1-56
History
Year opened	1913
Former names	Suwa Station Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station
Present name since	1970
Rail services
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Line(s)	Nagoya Line Yunoyama Line Utsube Line
Medium bus terminal at this station

Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station (近鉄四日市駅) is a major Kintetsu train station in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan.

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Nagoya Line
  • Yunoyama Line
  • Utsube Line

Layout

• Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line - 3 island platforms serving 6 tracks on the 3rd level

1, 2	■Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Toba, Kashikojima, Ōsaka and Kōbe
3, 4	■Nagoya Line	for Kuwana and Nagoya
5	■Yunoyama Line	for Yunoyama-Onsen
	■Nagoya Line	trains starting Yokkaichi for Tsu-shimmachi from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m. on weekdays
6	■Yunoyama Line	for Yunoyama-Onsen

• Utsube Line, Hachioji Line - an island platform serving 2 tracks on the 1st level

9, 10

■Utsube Line, Hachioji Line

for Utsube and Nishihino

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu
Nagoya Line
Kawaramachi		Local		Shinshō
Kawaramachi		Semi-Express		Terminus
Kintetsu-Tomida		Express		Shiohama
Kuwana		Limited Express		Shiroko
Yunoyama Line
Terminus		-	Nakagawara
Utsube Line
Terminus		-	Akahori

History

Change of Kintetsu lines near Yokkaichi in 1956

The station was originally opened as Suwa Station (諏訪駅, Suwa-eki) and was a junction of the three lines which Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station presently serves; provided that the two branch lines were operated by Mie Transport. In 1956 when Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) rerouted the Nagoya Line and closed its station by JNR's Yokkaichi Station, Suwa Station of Kintetsu and Mie Transport was moved and renamed as Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station. The station was again renamed in 1970 to the present name.

• 1913-05-16 Mie tramway Suwa - Minami-Hamada opened.
• 1913-09-24 Yokkaichi Railway Suwa - Ise-Kawashima opened.
• 1915-12-25 Mie tramway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-03-03 Yokkaichi Railway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-07-19 Mie tramway was inherited by Mie Railway.
• 1922-03-01 Ise Railway Miyamado - Shin-Yokkaichi open.
• 1929-01-30 Ise Electric Railway Kuwana - Yokkaichi and Suwa stn. opened.
• 1931-03-01 Yokkaichi Railway and Mie Railway merge to Mie Railway.
• 1936-09-15 Sangu Express Railway mergeed Ise Electric railway.
• 1941-03-15 Osaka Electric Tramway merged Sangu Express Railway and Osaka Electric Tramway was changed to Kansai Express Railway.
• 1944-02-11 Mie railway and other 6 companies mergetd to Mie Transport.
• 1944-06-01 Kansai Express Railway was changed to Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu).
• 1956-09-23 Kintetsu Line moved to new line. Yokkaichi Station of Kintetsu near JNR Yokkaichi Station was closed. Suwa Station was moved and its name was changed to Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi.
• 1964-02-01 Mie Transport transferred its railway business to Mie Electric Railway.
• 1965-04-01 Kinki Nippon Railway merged Mie Electric Railway.
• 1970-03-01 Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi was changed to Kintetsu Yokkaichi.
• 1973 Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line were elevated.
• 1974-06-29 Utsube Line Yokkaichi Station was moved.

Surrounding area

• Kintetsu department store
• LaLa Square shopping center
• Yokkaichi Dome
• Yokkaichi Museum

External links

• (Japanese) Kintetsu: Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station
• 1945 map (University of Texas Libraries)