is a 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 prep ...

in located in the city of Iga,

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 Prefectur ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Iga Railway The is a railway line in Iga, Mie, Japan, operated by the private railway operator . The line connects Iga-Ueno Station with Iga-Kambe Station. The track and trains are owned by Kintetsu Railway, although the trains are operated by Iga Railway. It ...

Lines

Kuwamachi Station is served by the Iga Line, and is located 5.8 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Iga-Ueno 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 platform ...

serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended. The platform is short and can only handle trains of two cars in length.

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

Kuwamachi Station was opened on July 18, 1922. Through a series of mergers, the Iga Line became part of the

Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation. It may also refer to: Companies * Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway ** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...

network by June 1, 1944, but was spun out as an independent company in October 2007. The station has been unattended since 1977.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 109 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Mie Prefectural Iga Hakuho High School *Ueno Kuwamachi Post Office *Okanami General Hospital

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Iga, Mie {{Mie-railstation-stub