Ise-Nakagawa Station (伊勢中川駅, Ise-Nakagawa-eki) is a major junction station owned and operated by the private Kintetsu railway company in the city of Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture. The station is served by all trains on that company's Yamada Line and most trains on its Nagoya and Osaka Lines.[1] The Ise-Nakagawa stationmaster is responsible for managing the sections between here and Higashi-Aoyama on the Osaka Line and between here and Higashi-Matsusaka on the Yamada Line.

Ise-Nakagawa Station

伊勢中川駅
Ise-Nakagawa Station
General information
Location1-93 Ureshinonakagawashin-cho, Matsusaka-shi, Mie-ken 515-2325,
Japan
Coordinates34°38′6.08″N 136°28′40.39″E / 34.6350222°N 136.4778861°E / 34.6350222; 136.4778861
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeD61, E61, M61
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened18 May 1930
Previous namesSankyū-Nakagawa (until 1941)
Passengers
FY20194269 daily
Location
Ise-Nakagawa Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Ise-Nakagawa Station
Ise-Nakagawa Station
Location within Mie Prefecture
Ise-Nakagawa Station is located in Japan
Ise-Nakagawa Station
Ise-Nakagawa Station
Ise-Nakagawa Station (Japan)

Lines

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Station layout

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The station consists of six parallel tracks numbered 1 through 6 (see diagram below). Four island platforms are located to serve Tracks 1 & 2, 2 & 3, 3 & 4, and 4 & 5. Track 6 is served by a single side platform. This layout allows trains on Tracks 2, 3, and 4 to open their doors on both sides, enabling easy transfer between trains on the three major lines which connect at this station.

Limited express trains running directly between the Nagoya Line and the Osaka Line do not pass through Ise-Nakagawa station. Instead, these trains use a north-east to north-west chord which connects the two lines at a point some 3.5 km north-west of the station, the two trunk lines and this chord together constituting a triangular junction.

Track layout of Ise-Nakagawa Station [2][3]
Nagoya Line
for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
  Yamada Line
for Ujiyamada,
Toba, and
Kashikojima
Osaka Line
for Ōsaka-Uehommachi, Ōsaka-Namba, and Kyōto


1  Yamada Line for Ujiyamada , and Kashikojima
 Nagoya Line for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
2, 3  Yamada Line for Ujiyamada, and Kashikojima
 Nagoya Line for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
 Osaka Line for Ōsaka-Uehommachi ,Ōsaka-Namba and Kyōto
4, 5  Nagoya Line for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
 Osaka Line for Ōsaka-Uehommachi, Ōsaka-Namba and Kyōto
6  Osaka Line for Higashi-Aoyama and Nabari

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Osaka Line
Kawai-Takaoka   Local   Ise-Nakahara
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi   Express   Matsusaka
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi   Rapid Express (eastbound only)   Matsusaka
Iga-Kambe
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi
  Limited Express   Matsusaka
Nagoya Line
Momozono   Local   Ise-Nakahara
Momozono   Express   Matsusaka
Tsu
Hisai
  Limited Express   Matsusaka
Yamada Line
Kawai-Takaoka
Momozono
  Local   Ise-Nakahara
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi
Momozono
  Express   Matsusaka
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi   Rapid Express (eastbound only)   Matsusaka
Iga-Kambe
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi
Tsu
Hisai
  Limited Express   Matsusaka

History

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The first station on the site was opened on 18 May 1930 as Sankyū-Nakagawa Station (参急中川駅, Sankyū-Nakagawa-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. It received its present name on 15 March 1941 when this company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway to form the Kansai Express Railway and Ise-Nakagawa become a station on the merged company's Yamada Line.[4] A further merger, with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1, 1944, created the Kinki Nippon Railway, forerunner of today's Kintetsu Railway Co. Ltd.[4] A new station building was completed in 2004.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4369 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]

Surrounding area

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  • Ureshino Furusato Center
  • Matsusaka City Ureshino Junior High School
  • Matsusaka City Nakagawa Elementary School
  • Matsusaka City Nakahara Elementary School
  • Matsusaka City Toyoda Elementary School
  • Matsusaka Municipal Toyoji Elementary School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (1996). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Nagoya Toshin-bu, Mie Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 172. ISBN 978-4-7942-0700-5.
  3. ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (1993). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Ōsaka Toshin-bu, Nara Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 134. ISBN 978-4-7942-0498-1.
  4. ^ a b Kintetsu Company History
  5. ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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