Yanagi Station

Yanagai Station 柳駅
Yanagi Station
Location	726-4 Yanagimachi, Suzuka, Mie （三重県鈴鹿市柳町726-4） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Suzuka Line
History
Opened	1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	125 daily

Yanagi Station (柳駅 Yanagi-eki) is a railway station on the Suzuka Line in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Yanagi Station is 2.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Wakamatsu Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu Railway
  • Suzuka Line

Station layout

Yanagi Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1

■ Suzuka Line

For Ise-Wakamatsu For Hiratachō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Suzuka Line
Ise-Wakamatsu		Express		Suzukashi
Ise-Wakamatsu		Local		Suzukashi

History

Yanagi Station opened on December 20, 1925 as a station on the Ise Railway’s Kambe Spur Line. The Ise Railway became the Sangu Express Electric Railway’s Ise-Kambe Line on September 15, 1936, and was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line. ^[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu. It was renamed the Suzuka Line on April 8, 1963^[2] The station has been unattended since October 1, 1994.

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: Yanagi Station

Coordinates: 34°52′17″N 136°35′46″E / 34.8715°N 136.5961°E