Kuwamachi Station
Kuwamachi Station 桑町駅 | |||||
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 Kuwamachi Station in July 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Shijyuku-cho, Iga-shi, Mie-ken 518-0823 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°45′14″N 136°08′12″E / 34.7540°N 136.1367°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Iga Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Iga Line | ||||
| Distance | 5.8 km from Iga-Ueno | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | July 18, 1922 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 109 daily | ||||
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Kuwamachi Station (桑町駅, Kuwamachi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Iga Railway.
Lines
[edit]Kuwamachi Station is served by the Iga Line, and is located 5.8 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Iga-Ueno Station.[1]
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended. The platform is short and can only handle trains of two cars in length.
Platform
[edit]| 1 | ■ Iga Line | For Iga-Ueno For Iga-Kambe |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iga Line | ||||
| Kayamachi | - | Shijuku | ||
History
[edit]Kuwamachi Station was opened on July 18, 1922. Through a series of mergers, the Iga Line became part of the Kintetsu network by June 1, 1944, but was spun out as an independent company in October 2007. The station has been unattended since 1977.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 109 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Mie Prefectural Iga Hakuho High School
- Ueno Kuwamachi Post Office
- Okanami General Hospital
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 Kuwamachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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