is a junction passenger

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located in the city of Suzuka,

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, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Ise-Wakamatsu Station is a station on the Nagoya Line and is located 40.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Kintetsu Nagoya Station is a terminal station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station (JR Central, Aonami Line, and Nagoya City Subway) and Meitetsu Nagoya Station (Nagoya Railroad). Layout The station has four bay platform In the Unit ...

. It is also a terminus for the

Suzuka Line The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway, connecting Ise-Wakamatsu Station (Suzuka, Mie) and Hiratachō Station (Suzuka, Mie Prefecture) in Japan. The line connects with the Nagoya Line at Ise-Wakamatsu S ...

, and is located 8.2 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at

Hiratachō Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Hiratachō Station is a terminus of the Suzuka Line, and is located 8.2 rail kilometers ...

Station layout

The station consists of two

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s serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Ise-Wakamatsu Station opened on December 22, 1917 as a station on the Ise Railway. The Ise Railways Kambe Spur Line (which was renamed the Suzuka Line in 1963) started operations from December 20, 1925. The Ise Railway became the Sangu Express Electric Railway’s Ise 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.
Kintetsu Company History This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu. The station building was modified with overpasses connecting the platforms in 1967

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1135 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Mie Prefectural Road No. 6 Yokkaichi Kusunoki Suzuka Line * Mie Prefectural Road 552 Ise-Wakamatsu Stop Line * Suzuka City Wakamatsu Elementary School

References

External links

Kintetsu: Ise-Wakamatsu Station
{{Kintetsu Suzuka Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Stations of Kintetsu Railway Suzuka, Mie