is a junction passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Kameyama,

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, owned by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Kameyama Station is served by the

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both comp ...

and is located 59.9 kilometers from

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on the

. It is also the northern

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of the

Kisei Main Line The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and . The line is operated by Ce ...

and is located 180.2 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the JR Central portion of the line at

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and 384.2 kilometers from the ultimate terminal of the JR West portion of the line at

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Layout

The station consists of one

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and two

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s, serving five tracks, connected by an elevated concourse. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

亀山駅 - panoramio (1).jpg, The platforms in March 2011

History

Kameyama Station was opened on December 25, 1890, as a station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, and the station became part of the

Imperial Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(IGR) system. A new station building was completed on November 3, 1913. The IGR became

Japan National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the

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of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,156 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Kameyama Shrine *

Kameyama Castle {{nihongo, Kameyama Castle, 亀山城, Kameyama-jō is the name of many castles in Japan. * Kameyama Castle (Aichi) in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture (formerly Mikawa Province) * Kameyama Castle (Mie) in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture (formerly Ise Prov ...

Ruins * Kameyama City Hall * Kameyama Museum of History * Kameyama City Library

References

External links

Official website (JR Central)

Official website (JR-West)
{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1890 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Kameyama, Mie