is a passenger

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in located in the city of Matsusaka,

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 Prefectur ...

, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Tokuwa 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 from the

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of the line at Kameyama Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Tokuwa Station opened on 31 December 1894 as a station on the Sangu Railway Line. The line was nationalized on 1 October 1907, becoming the

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of the

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(JGR) on 12 October 1909. On 25 December 1930, the Ise Electric Railway Line connected to Tokuwa Station. This line merged with the Sangu Express Electric Railway in 1936, which was acquired by the Osaka Electrical Railway in 1941, and renamed the Kansai Express Railway. However, this company went out of business in 1942. The station was transferred to the control of the

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(JNR) Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959. The station has been unattended since December 21, 1983. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was absorbed into the JR Central network.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 412 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Matsusaka City Hall Tokuwa District Civic Center *Mie Prefectural Matsusaka Commercial High School

References

External links

JR Central timetable
{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1894 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Matsusaka, Mie