is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Akeno Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 22.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s , connected by an underpass crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Akeno 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.
Kintetsu Company History This line, in turn, was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu. A new station building was completed in March 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1149 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Akeno High School *

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(JGSDF) Aviation School

References

External links

Kintetsu: Akeno Station
{{Kintetsu Yamada Line Toba Line Shima Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Stations of Kintetsu Railway Ise, Mie