Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station (近鉄四日市駅) is a major Kintetsu

Kintetsu

, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...

 train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in the city of Yokkaichi

Yokkaichi, Mie

is a city located in Mie, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 314,393. The total area is 205.53 km².The closest major city is Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture....

, Mie Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....

, on the island of Honshū

Honshu

is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

, Japan

Japan

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Lines

• Kintetsu
  Kintetsu
  , named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
  
  
  • Nagoya Line
  • Yunoyama Line
    Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
    The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu, connecting Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station and Yunoyama-Onsen Station in Japan....
    
    
  • Utsube Line
    Kintetsu Utsube Line
    The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu, connecting Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station and Utsube Station, both in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan....
    
    

Layout

• Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line - 3 island platform
  Island platform
  An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
  
  s serving 6 tracks on the 3rd level

• Utsube Line, Hachioji Line - an island platform serving 2 tracks on the 1st level

Adjacent stations

History

The station was originally opened as and was a junction of the three lines which Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station presently serves; provided that the two branch lines were operated by Mie Transport. In 1956 when Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) rerouted the Nagoya Line and closed its station by JNR

Japanese National Railways

, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...

's Yokkaichi Station

Yokkaichi Station

Yokkaichi Station is a railway station on the Kansai Main Line , Ise Railway and Japan Freight Railway Company in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan....

, Suwa Station of Kintetsu and Mie Transport was moved and renamed as Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station. The station was again renamed in 1970 to the present name.

• 1913-05-16 Mie tramway Suwa - Minami-Hamada opened.
• 1913-09-24 Yokkaichi Railway Suwa - Ise-Kawashima opened.
• 1915-12-25 Mie tramway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-03-03 Yokkaichi Railway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-07-19 Mie tramway was inherited by Mie Railway.
• 1922-03-01 Ise Railway Miyamado - Shin-Yokkaichi open.
• 1929-01-30 Ise Electric Railway Kuwana - Yokkaichi and Suwa stn. opened.
• 1931-03-01 Yokkaichi Railway and Mie Railway merge to Mie Railway.
• 1936-09-15 Sangu Express Railway mergeed Ise Electric railway.
• 1941-03-15 Osaka Electric Tramway merged Sangu Express Railway and Osaka Electric Tramway was changed to Kansai Express Railway.
• 1944-02-11 Mie railway and other 6 companies mergetd to Mie Transport.
• 1944-06-01 Kansai Express Railway was changed to Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu).
• 1956-09-23 Kintetsu Line moved to new line. Yokkaichi Station of Kintetsu near JNR Yokkaichi Station was closed. Suwa Station was moved and its name was changed to Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi.
• 1964-02-01 Mie Transport transferred its railway business to Mie Electric Railway.
• 1965-04-01 Kinki Nippon Railway merged Mie Electric Railway.
• 1970-03-01 Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi was changed to Kintetsu Yokkaichi.
• 1973 Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line were elevated.
• 1974-06-29 Utsube Line Yokkaichi Station was moved.

Surrounding area

• Kintetsu department store
• LaLa Square shopping center
• Yokkaichi Dome
• Yokkaichi Museum

External links

Kintetsu: Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station

• 1945 map (University of Texas Libraries)