is a

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 ...

is a passenger

in located in the town of Ōdai, Taki District,

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 is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Misedani Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located from the terminus of the line at Kameyama 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 platforms ...

and a single

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serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The wooden station building dates from the station's original construction. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Misedani Station opened on 15 August 1925 as a station on the

Japanese 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 ...

(JGR) Kisei-East Line. The line was extended on to

Takihara Station is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Ōdai, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Takihara Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 73.0 rail k ...

on 18 August 1926. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War 2, and the line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the

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of the JNR on 1 April 1987. The station has been unattended since 1 April 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 191 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Miseya Dam *Odai Municipal Miseya Elementary School *Odai Municipal Odai Junior High School *Odai Town Hall

References

External links

JR Central timetable
{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Ōdai