is the central railway 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...

 of the city of Tsu

Tsu, Mie

is the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan. The city of Tsu is located on Ise Bay, east of the city. Tsu is bounded to the north by Suzuka and Kameyama; to the west by Iga, Nabari, and Nara Prefecture; and to the south by Matsuzaka city.-History:...

, 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....

, Japan

Japan

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. The name of the station is considered the shortest in Japan because it is the only station name that is written with one kana

Kana

Kana are the syllabic Japanese scripts, as opposed to the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji and the Roman alphabet known as rōmaji...

, even though other stations have shorter names when written in Latin letters

Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the application of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is known as , less strictly romaji, literally "Roman letters", sometimes incorrectly transliterated as romanji or rōmanji. There are several different romanization systems...

, such as Oe Station

Oe Station

is a train station in Takaki Town, Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. Oe Station has one of the shortest station names in Japan. The others are Ei Station in Kagoshima Prefecture, Ao Station in Hyōgo Prefecture and Ii Station in...

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Lines

Tsu Station is served by three railway operators. It is on the Kisei Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company

Central Japan Railway Company

The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...

 (JR Central), the Nagoya Line of 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...

, and the Ise Railway Ise Line

Ise Railway Ise Line

The is a Japanese railway line in Mie Prefecture, between Kawarada Station, Yokkaichi and Tsu Station, Tsu. This is the only railway line operates. The company is called for short as . The third sector company took former Japanese National Railways line in 1987. The line was originally built as a...

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Layout

• There are 4 platforms with 6 tracks on the ground. Station entrance is located in the east and west sides and connected with overbridge.

History

The JR section of the station was opened on November 4, 1891 by the Kansai Railway as the terminal of a branch from Kameyama Station

Kameyama Station (Mie)

is a train station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and it is owned by Central Japan Railway Company .-Lines:*Central Japan Railway Company **Kansai Main Line **Kisei Main Line*West Japan Railway Company...

. On December 31, 1893, Sangū Railway opened an extension of the Kansai Railway line from Tsu to Miyagawa Station. Both railways were nationalized

Railway Nationalization Act

The brought many of Japan's private railway lines under national control. The Diet of Japan promulgated the Act on March 31, 1906. The Act was repealed by Article 110 of the Japan National Railway Reform Act of 1988, which formed the modern Japan Railways Group....

 on October 1, 1907.

The Kintetsu part of the station was opened by Sangū Kyūkō Railway on April 3, 1932.

On September 1, 1973, Japanese National Railways

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...

opened the Ise Line, which was transferred to Ise Railway Company on March 27, 1987.

Adjacent stations

External links

Tsu Station (JR Central) Tsu Station (Kintetsu) Tsu Station (Ise Railway)