Ise-Kawashima Station

Ise-Kawashima Station

伊勢川島駅
Ise-Kawashima Station; 伊勢川島駅
	Ise-Kawashima Station
General information
Location	1052 Kawashima-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie; （三重県四日市市川島町字川原1052）; Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Yunoyama Line
Connections	Bus stop;
History
Opened	1913
Previous names	Kawashimamura (until 1954)
Passengers
	1296 daily

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.^[1]

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.

Platforms

1	■ Yunoyama Line	for Kintetsu Yokkaichi • Kintetsu Nagoya • Kintetsu Namba
2	■ Yunoyama Line	for Komono • Yunoyama-Onsen

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yunoyama Line
Ise-Matsumoto		Local		Takatsuno

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.^[2]
April 1, 2007 - Support for PiTaPa and ICOCA begins.
October 2012 - Station is unattended after installation of automatic wicket gates

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ [1] Kintetsu Company History

External links

Template:Ja icon Kintetsu: Ise-Kawashima Station

34°58′39″N 136°34′01″E / 34.9775°N 136.5670°E / 34.9775; 136.5670

[terada2002-1] Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[Kintetsu-2] [1] Kintetsu Company History

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