Ise-Kawashima Station

Ise-Kawashima Station 伊勢川島駅
Ise-Kawashima Station
Location	1052 Kawashima-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie （三重県四日市市川島町字川原1052） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Yunoyama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1913
Previous names	Kawashimamura (until 1954)
Traffic
Passengers	1296 daily

Ise-Kawashima Station (伊勢川島駅 Ise-Kawashima-eki) is a railway station on the Yunoyama Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Ise-Kawashima Station is 5.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu Railway
  • Yunoyama Line

Layout

Ise-Kawashima Station has two opposed side platforms, connected by an overpass. This makes it possible for trains running in opposite directions one the single-line Yunoyama Line to pass each other at this station.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yunoyama Line
Ise-Matsumoto		Local		Takatsuno

Usage

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

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, 2,218 people passed through this station daily. This made it the:

• 189th busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
• 39th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
• 5th busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

Surrounding area

• Yokkaichi City Hall Kawashima District Civic Center
• Mitakidai Housing Area
• Yokkaichi Kawashima Post Office
• Mitaki River
• National Route 477

History

• June 1, 1913 - Station opens as Kawashimamura Station (川島村駅 Kawashimamura-eki) on the Yokkaichi Railway.
• 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.
• July 1954 - Station is renamed Ise-Kawashima Station (伊勢川島駅 Ise-Kawashima-eki)
• 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

External links

• (Japanese) Kintetsu: Ise-Kawashima Station

Coordinates: 34°58′39″N 136°34′01″E / 34.9775°N 136.5670°E