Utsube Station

Utsube Station (内部駅, Utsube-eki) is a terminal railway station on the Kintetsu Utsube Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. It is 5.7 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.[1]

Utsube Station 内部駅
Utsube Station
Location	5-29 Ogoso 3-chome, Yokkaichi, Mie （三重県四日市市小古曽三丁目5-29） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Kintetsu Utsube Line
History
Opened	1922
Passengers
FY2011	828 daily

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Utsube Line

Layout

Utsube Station has a side platform. Trains arriving at Utsube Station reverse course back for Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.

Platforms

1

■ Kintetsu Utsube Line

For Kintetsu Yokkaichi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Utsube Line
Ogoso		Local		Terminus

History

Utsube Station was opened on June 22, 1922 as a station on the Mie Railway. On February 11, 1944, due to mergers, station falls under the ownership of Sanco. On February 1, 1964 the Railway division of Sanco splits off and forms separate company, the Mie Electric Railway, which merged with Kintetsu on April 1, 1965.[2]

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

External links

• (in Japanese) Kintetsu: Utsube Station