is a passenger

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in located in the city of

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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

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Miyagawa Station is served by the

Sangū Line The is a railway line run by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), connecting Taki Station ( Taki, Mie) with Toba Station (Toba, Mie) in Japan. The line connects with the Kisei Main Line at Taki Station. From Taki, the line runs parallel ...

, and is located 11.0 rail kilometers from the

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of the line at Taki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Miyagawa Station opened on December 31, 1893, as a station on the privately owned Sangū 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 ...

(JGR), which 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 current station building was completed in 1912. 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 October 1, 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 279 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* site of Rikyū-in palace *Ise City Obata Junior High School Ise City Obata Elementary School

References

External links

{{Sangū Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1893 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Ise, Mie