Ise-Matsumoto Station

Ise-Matsumoto Station (伊勢松本駅, Ise-Matsumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Yunoyama Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Ise-Matsumoto Station is 2.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.[1]

Ise-Matsumoto Station

伊勢松本駅
Ise-Matsumoto Station
Location3-3-8 Matsumoto-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie
（三重県四日市市松本三丁目3-8）
Japan
Operated byKintetsu Railway
Line(s)Yunoyama Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1913
Previous namesMatsumotomura (until 1923)
Passengers
1466 daily

Lines

Layout

Ise-Matsumoto Station has a single island platform, connected by a level crossing to the station building.

Platforms
1 ■  Yunoyama Line for Yokkaichi • Nagoya • Osaka
2 ■  Yunoyama Line for Komono • Yunoyama-Onsen

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Yunoyama Line
Nakagawara   Local   Ise-Kawashima

Usage

Ise-Matsushima Station is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, 2,603 people passed through this station daily. This made it the:

  • 172nd busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
  • 30th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
  • 3rd busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

History
  • September 24, 1913 - Station opens as Matsumotomura Station (松本村駅, Matsumotomura-eki) on the Yokkaichi Railway.
  • 1926 - Station is renamed Ise-Matsumoto Station (伊勢松本駅, Ise-Matsumoto-eki)
  • 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.
  • 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
  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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