Kumanoshi Station

Location
	Kumanoshi Station Location within Japan

Kumanoshi Station

熊野市駅
Kumanoshi Station; 熊野市駅
	Kumanoshi Station in August 2005
General information
Location	809-3 Idomachi, Kumano-shi, Mie-ken; Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	■ Kisei Main Line
Distance	157.6 km from Kameyama
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
History
Opened	8 August 1940
Previous names	Kinomoto (until 1959)
Passengers
FY2010	585 daily[citation needed]
Location
Location
	Kumanoshi Station Location within Japan

Kumanoshi Station (熊野市駅, Kumanoshi-eki) is a railway station on the Kisei Main Line in Kumano, Mie, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Kumanoshi Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is 157.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kameyama Station.

Layout

The station has a single-sided platform, adjacent to the main station building and serving track 1, and a two-sided island platform, reached by a pedestrian overbridge and serving tracks 2 and 3.

Platforms

1	■ Kisei Main Line	for Shingū
2	■ Kisei Main Line	for Owase and Nagoya
3	■ Kisei Main Line	for Shingū, Owase and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Kisei Main Line
Ōdomari	Local	Arii
Owase	Limited Express Nanki	Shingū

History

The station opened on August 8, 1940 as Kinomoto Station (紀伊木本駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei-Nishi Line.^[1] The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959, at which time the station was renamed Kumanoshi.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1] A new station building was completed in March 1990.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 374. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

JR Central timetable^{[permanent dead link]} (in Japanese)
Kumanoshi Station information (JR Central) (in Japanese)

33°53′22″N 136°05′56″E / 33.8895°N 136.0988°E / 33.8895; 136.0988

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 374. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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