Kuwana Station

Kuwana Station (桑名駅, Kuwana-eki) is a union railway station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It serves JR Central’s Kansai Main Line and is 23.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Nagoya Station. It also serves the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway and is 23.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line, and the Sangi Railway's Nishi-Kuwana Station is next to the station.

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Kuwana Station

桑名駅
Kuwana Station, West Exit
Location135 Higashikata, Kuwana, Mie
（三重県桑名市大字東方135）
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1895
Passengers
FY20169,862 (JR)
24,598(Kintetsu)
4,688 (Yōrō) daily

Line

Station layout

Kuwana Station has a single island platform and a side platform serving the 3 tracks used by JR Central. There are an additional two island platforms with 4 tracks for use by the Kintetsu and Yōrō Railway.

Platforms
1 ■ JR Central Kansai Line for Yokkaichi, Kameyama, Matsusaka, Iseshi, Toba, Shingu and Kii-Katsuura
2 ■ JR Central Kansai Line for Nagoya
3 ■ JR Central Kansai Line for Yokkaichi and Kameyama (siding)
for Nagoya (siding)
4 ■ Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line for Tado, Yōrō and Ōgaki
6 ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Kashikojima, Ōsaka and Kōbe
7, 8 ■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line for Nagoya

Adjacent stations
« Service »
JR Central Kansai Line
Nagashima   Local   Asahi
Yatomi   Semi Rapid   Asahi
Nagoya   Rapid   Yokkaichi
Nagoya   Rapid Mie   Yokkaichi
Nagoya   Limited Express Nanki   Yokkaichi
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Kintetsu Nagashima   Local   Masuo
Kintetsu Nagashima   Semi-Express   Masuo
Kintetsu Yatomi   Express   Kintetsu Tomida
Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line
Terminus   Local   Harima

History

Kuwana Station opened on July 5, 1894 as a station on the privately owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) network. The Yōrō Railway began operations to Kuwana Station on April 27, 1919. The Ise Electric Railway (later known as the Kintetsu Nagoya Line) began operations on January 30, 1929.[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from 1982.

References
  1. Kintetsu Company History

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