is a major

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owned and operated by the private

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railway company in the city of

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. The station is served by all trains on that company's Yamada Line and most trains on its Nagoya and Osaka Lines. The Ise-Nakagawa stationmaster is responsible for managing the sections between here and Higashi-Aoyama on the Osaka Line and between here and Higashi-Matsusaka on the Yamada Line.

Lines

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** Nagoya Line (to Kintetsu-Nagoya) **

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(to Ōsaka-Uehommachi) ** Yamada Line (to

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Station layout

The station consists of six parallel tracks numbered 1 through 6 (see diagram below). Four

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s are located to serve Tracks 1 & 2, 2 & 3, 3 & 4, and 4 & 5. Track 6 is served by one

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. This layout allows trains on Tracks 2, 3, and 4 to open their doors on both sides, enabling easy transfer between trains on the three major lines which connect at this station. Limited express trains running directly between the Nagoya Line and the Osaka Line do not pass through Ise-Nakagawa station. Instead, these trains use a north-east to north-west chord which connects the two lines at a point some 3.5 km north-west of the station, the two trunk lines and this chord together constituting a

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Adjacent stations

History

The first station on the site was opened on 18 May 1930 as on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. It received its present name on 15 March 1941 when this company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway to form the Kansai Express Railway and Ise-Nakagawa become a station on the merged company's Yamada Line.Kintetsu Company History
/ref> A further merger, with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1, 1944, created the Kinki Nippon Railway, forerunner of today's Kintetsu Railway Co. Ltd. A new station building was completed in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4369 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Ureshino Furusato Center * Matsusaka City Ureshino Junior High School * Matsusaka City Nakagawa Elementary School *Matsusaka City Nakahara Elementary School *Matsusaka City Toyoda Elementary School *Matsusaka Municipal Toyoji Elementary School

References

External links

Kintetsu: Ise-Nakagawa Station

{{Kintetsu Yamada Line Toba Line Shima Line Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Stations of Kintetsu Railway Matsusaka, Mie