Myōjō Station

Myōjō Station

明星駅
Myōjō Station in 2008
General information
Location2564 Myōjō, Meiwa-chō, Taki-gun, Mie-ken 515-0313
Japan
Coordinates34°31′52.2″N 136°38′34.08″E / 34.531167°N 136.6428000°E / 34.531167; 136.6428000
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) Yamada Line
Distance19.8  km from Ise-Nakagawa
Platforms2 island platforms
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeM69
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMarch 27, 1930
Passengers
FY2019646 daily
Location
Myōjō Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Myōjō Station
Myōjō Station
Location within Mie Prefecture
Myōjō Station is located in Japan
Myōjō Station
Myōjō Station
Myōjō Station (Japan)

Myōjō Station (明星駅, Myōjō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Meiwa, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. The station has the Inspection Center for the Yamada Line, the Toba Line and the Shima Line.

Lines

Myōjō Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 19.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.[1]

Station layout

The station was consists of two island platforms connected by a level crossing, serving 2 tracks each. Tracks (Platforms) 2 and 4 are main tracks and Tracks (Platforms) 1 and 3 are refuge tracks to allow for the passage of express trains.

Platforms

1, 2 ■ Yamada Line for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
3, 4 ■ Yamada Line for Ise-Nakagawa
  • The first train for Ise-Nakagawa (through to Nabari on the Osaka Line) departs from Track (Platform) 1.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yamada Line
Saikū   Local   Akeno

History

Myōjō Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Kyuko Railway's Yamada Line.[2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 646 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

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. ^ a b [1] Kintetsu Company History
  3. ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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