is a junction passenger

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located in the city of Tsu,

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, operated by

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(JR Central), the private railway operator

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and the third sector

Ise Railway The is a Japanese railway line in Mie Prefecture, between Kawarada Station, Yokkaichi, Mie, Yokkaichi and Tsu Station, Tsu, Mie, Tsu. This is the only railway line operates. The company name is abbreviated to . The Public-Private Partnerships In ...

. The name of the station is considered the shortest in Japan because it is the only station name that is written with one ''

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'', even though other stations have shorter names when written in Latin letters, such as Oe Station.

Lines

Tsu Station is served by the JR

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, and is located 15.5 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kameyama Station. It is also from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at

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. It is also a terminus of the

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and is from the opposing terminus at

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Station layout

The station consists of four ground-level

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s serving six tracks, connected by pedestrian footbridges. The JR uses one

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and one

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and the Kintetsu portion has one island platform. The Ise Railway uses a single

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Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Tsu Station opened on November 4, 1891, as a station on the Tsu

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of the privately owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming the

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of the

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on October 12, 1909. On April 3, 1932, the

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began operations at Tsu Station. This line underwent various changes in ownership, eventually becoming the Kintetsu Nagoya Line in 1944. The station was transferred to the control of the

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(JNR)

on July 15, 1959. The JNR Ise Line began operations 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, with the Ise Line spun off to the private sector a few days earlier.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3,609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Kintetsu portion was used by 15,689 passengers and the Ise Railway portion by 1,691 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*Mie Prefectural Office *Tsukairaku Park *Mie Gokoku Shrine * Mie Prefectural Art Museum

References

External links

*
Tsu Station Official home page - JR Central

*
Official home page - Ise Railway
{{Ise Railway Ise Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Tsu, Mie