is an interchange 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 ...

in located in the city of Yokkaichi,

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 Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the third sector railway company,

Ise Railway The is a Japanese railway line in Mie Prefecture, between Kawarada Station, Yokkaichi and Tsu Station, Tsu. This is the only railway line operates. The company name is abbreviated to . The third sector company took the former Japanese Natio ...

Lines

Kawarada Station is served by the JR

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, and is 44.1 rail kilometers from the

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of the line at

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. It is also officially the terminus of the 22.3 kilometer Ise Railway, although most trains continue through to

Yokkaichi Station is a railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It also has a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Downtown Yokkaichi is located ...

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s, serving four tracks for use by the Kansai Main Line, and a single

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for use by the Ise Railway.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Kawarada Station opened on December 20, 1895 as a station on the Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the

Japanese Government Railway 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 ...

s (JGR) system. The station building was rebuilt in December 1915. The JGR became the

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 JNR Ise Line began operations on September 1, 1973. The Ise Line was

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on March 27, 1987, four days before the dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The present station building was completed in March 2003.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kawarada Station was assigned station number CI13.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 2,127 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Ise Railway portion of the station by 1779 passengers daily during the same period.

Surrounding area

*Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Agricultural High School *Yokkaichi City Kawarada Elementary School *Yokkaichi Kawarada Post Office

References

External links

Ise Railway Official home page
{{Ise Railway Ise Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1890 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Stations of Ise Railway Yokkaichi