Kii-Nagashima Station
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is a passenger
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in located in the town of Kihoku, Kitamuro 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
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(JR Tōkai).


Lines

Kii-Nagashima Station is served by the
Kisei Main Line The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and . The line is operated by Ce ...
, and is located from the
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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
island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The wooden station building dates from the original construction. The station is attended.


Platforms


History

Kii-Nagashima Station opened on 29 April 1930 on the
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(JGR) Kisei East Line. The line was extended to
Minose Station is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Kihoku, Kitamuro District, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Minose Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 105.9 ra ...
by 26 April 1932, and the JGR became the
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(JNR) after World War II. 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.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 217 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).


Surrounding area

*Kihoku Town Office *Kihoku Municipal Kihoku Junior High School *Kihoku Municipal Higashi Elementary School


See also

*
List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...


References


External links


JR Central timetable

JR Central official home page
{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Kihoku, Mie