Kii-Nagashima Station
Kii-Nagashima Station (紀伊長島駅, Kii-Nagashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Kihoku, Kitamuro District, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
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| Location | 301 Higashi-Nagashima, Kihoku-machi, Kitamuro-gun, Mie-ken 519-3204 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°12′33″N 136°20′23″E / 34.2092°N 136.3397°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Tōkai | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kisei Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 98.4 km from Kameyama | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island + 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 April 1930 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 217 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Kii-Nagashima Station Location within Mie Prefecture Kii-Nagashima Station Kii-Nagashima Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Lines edit
Kii-Nagashima Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 98.4 km (61.1 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.
Station layout edit
The station consists of a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The wooden station building dates from the original construction. The station is attended.
Platforms edit
| 1 | ■ Kisei Main Line | For Matsusaka, Nagoya |
| 2 | ■ Kisei Main Line | For Owase, Shingū |
| 3 | ■ Kisei Main Line | auxiliary platform for bidirectional traffic |
History edit
Kii-Nagashima Station opened on 29 April 1930 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei East Line. The line was extended to Minose Station by 26 April 1932, and the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 217 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area edit
- Kihoku Town Office
- Kihoku Municipal Kihoku Junior High School
- Kihoku Municipal Higashi Elementary School
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Kii-Nagashima Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR Central timetable[permanent dead link] (in Japanese)
- JR Central official home page