Kuwana Station
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Kuwana Station, West Exit
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Location | 135 Higashikata, Kuwana, Mie (三重県桑名市大字東方135) Japan |
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Opened | 1895 |
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Passengers (FY2011) | 4,742 (JR) 11,858(Kintetsu) 2,628 (Yōrō) daily |
Kuwana Station (桑名駅 Kuwana-eki?) is a union railway station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It serves JR Central’s Kansai Main Line and is 23.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Nagoya Station. It also serves the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway and is 23.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line. The Sangi Railway's Nishi-Kuwana Station is physically adjacent to the station
Kuwana Station has a single island platform and a side platform serving the 3 tracks used by JR Central. There are an additional two island platforms with 4 tracks for use by the Kintetsu and Yōrō Railway.
Kuwana Station opened on July 5, 1894 as a station on the privately owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) network. The Yōrō Railway began operations to Kuwana Station on April 27, 1919. The Ise Electric Railway (later known as the Kintetsu Nagoya Line) began operations on January 30, 1929. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from 1982.