Iga-Kambe Station

Iga-Kambe Station (伊賀神戸駅, Iga-Kambe-eki) is a joint-use railway station on the Osaka Line and the Iga Railway Iga Line in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu.

Iga-Kambe Station

伊賀神戸駅
Iga-Kambe Station in October 2007
Location2628-3, Hido, Iga
（三重県伊賀市比土2628-3）
Mie Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34.6735°N 136.1529°E / 34.6735; 136.1529
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 10, 1930
Passengers
FY20162392 (Kintetsu)
1544 (Iga Railway) daily
Location
Iga-Kambe Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Iga-Kambe Station is served by the Kintetsu Osaka Line and Iga Railway Iga Line, and is located 75.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Osaka Line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station and 16.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Iga Line at Iga-Ueno Station.[1]

Station layout

Iga-Kambe station currently has three single-sided platforms. From north to south they are numbered 5 (adjacent to the station building, and serving the Iga Line), and (either side of the Osaka Line) 1 and 2, serving, respectively, eastbound (down) trains towards Ise-Nakagawa and westbound (up) trains towards Nabari. Platform 1 was originally an island platform, but the track on its northern side was removed in 2007. At the same time, an earlier additional Iga Line track (no 6) was removed to allow improvements to be made to the station building including the provision of an end-access ramp to platform 5.

Platforms
5 ■ Iga Railway Iga Line for Uenoshi and Iga-Ueno
1 ■ Osaka Line for Ise-Nakagawa, Ujiyamada, Kashikojima, and Nagoya
2 ■ Osaka Line for Nabari, Yamato-Yagi, Osaka Uehommachi, Osaka Namba and Kyoto

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Osaka Line
Mihata   Local   Aoyamachō
Mihata   Express   Aoyamachō
Mihata   Rapid Express   Aoyamachō
Iga Railway Iga Line
Hido - Terminus
Kintetsu Iga Line (abandoned section)
(Hido) - Mihata-Shinden

History

Iga-Kambe Station opened on October 10, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. The station replaced Shoda Station (庄田駅) on the former Iga Electric Railway, which had been opened on July 18, 1922, but which was located several hundred meters from Iga-Kambe Station. The Iga Electric Railway became part of the Sangu Electric Railway on March 31, 1929. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the Sangu Electric Express became part of the Kansai Express Railway.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2] On October 1, 1964, the section of the Kintetsu Iga Line between this station and Mihata Station was abandoned, making this station effectively a terminus of the Kintetsu Iga Line. The remaining portion of the Kintetsu Iga Line from this station to Iga-Ueno Station became the Iga Railway, a separately-operated subsidiary company of Kintetetsu in 2007.

See also

References
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. Kintetsu Company History
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