is a

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located in the city of

Yokkaichi is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-central ...

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 ...

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, operated by

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(JR Tōkai). It also has a freight depot of the

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(JR Freight).

Lines

Minami-Yokkaichi Station is served by the

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, and is 40.4 rail kilometers from the

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of the line at

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. Trains on the

Ise Railway Ise Line 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 National ...

often stop at this station, although the official

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for the line is at

Kawarada Station is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the third sector railway company, Ise Railway. Lines Kawarada Station is ser ...

Layout

The station consists of a single

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connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Minami-Yokkaichi Station began as the on July 1, 1928. It was upgraded to a full station on the

of the

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(JNR) on October 1, 1963 and was renamed to its present name at that time. Operations of the Ise Line were extended through Minami-Yokkaichi Station on September 1, 1973. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since April 1, 2011. Scheduled freight operations began from September 20, 1934. Containerized freight operations were discontinued on July 1, 1975, but were resumed from September 1, 1993.

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was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Minami-Yokkaichi Station was assigned station number CI12.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 715 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Technical High School *Kaisei High School *Ohashi Gakuen High School

References

External links

{{Ise Railway Ise Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1963 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Yokkaichi