Umegadani Station
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is a passenger
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in located in the town of Taiki, Watarai 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 Prefectur ...
, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).


Lines

Umegadani 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
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. There is no station building, but only a small rain shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.


Platforms


History

Umegatani Station opened on 27 February 1965 as a signal stop on the
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(JNR) Kisei Main Line. It was upgraded in status to a full station on 1 November 1965. 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 17 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).


Surrounding area

The station is a mountainous area with the Narisaka Pass on the south side. The Kisei Main Line crosses the Kii-Nagashima Pass between this station and Kii-Nagashima Station, which was the border between Ise and Kii. The east side of the station faces
Japan National Route 42 , also called Kumano Kaidō or Tropical Route is a national highway connecting Hamamatsu, Shizuoka and Wakayama, Wakayama in Japan. Part of the route requires crossing Ise Bay on the Ise-wan Ferry. It is the 8th longest national highway in Japa ...
, and villages are scattered along the national highway. This station is the starting point for the Kumano Kodo Iseji Narisaka Pass and Tsuzurato Pass routes, and some of the limited express "Nanki" will stop as a temporary stop.


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 A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to ...


References


External links


JR Central timetable
{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1965 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Taiki, Mie