is a passenger

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in located in the city of Tsu,

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

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Hitsu Station is served by the

Meishō Line The is a rural, regional railway line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Mie Prefecture, Japan, connecting Matsusaka station in Matsusaka and Ise-Okitsu station in Tsu. The line takes its name from the kanji characters of the c ...

, and is 39.7 rail kilometers from the

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of the line at Matsusaka Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving one bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a small rain shelter on the platform.

Adjacent stations

History

Hitsu Station was opened on December 5, 1935 as a station on the

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s (JGR) (which became the

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s (JNR) after World War II). Freight services were suspended from October 1965. The station has been unattended since April 1, 1986. Along with the division and

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of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the

. The station building was torn down in 2007. Between October 8, 2009 and March 26, 2016, the section between

Ieki Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Ieki Station is served by the Meishō Line, and is 25.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the ...

and

Ise-Okitsu Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie, Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Ise-Okitsu Station is served by the Meishō Line, and is 43.5 rail kilometers from the ...

was closed due to damage from

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. During this time, a temporary bus served the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Kitabatake Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Misugi neighborhood of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration. The main ''kami'' enshrined is the deified spirit of the imperial loyalist Kitabatake ...

Kiriyama Castle was a ''yamashiro''-style Muromachi period Japanese castle located in the Misugi neighborhood the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934.. The castle is al ...

ruins

References

External links

JR Central home page
{{Meishō Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1935 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Tsu, Mie