Hisai Station

Hisai Station

久居駅
Hisai Station
General information
Location994-6 Hisai Shinmachi, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken 514-1118
Japan
Coordinates34°40′33″N 136°28′40″E / 34.6757°N 136.4779°E / 34.6757; 136.4779
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) Nagoya Line
Distance74.0  km from Kintetsu Nagoya
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
Station codeE42
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedNovember 10, 1908
Passengers
FY20195598 daily
Location
Hisai Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Hisai Station
Hisai Station
Location within Mie Prefecture
Hisai Station is located in Japan
Hisai Station
Hisai Station
Hisai Station (Japan)

Hisai Station (久居駅, Hisai-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Hisai Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 74.0 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.[1]

Station layout

The station was consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Nagoya Line for Ise-Nakagawa, Osaka, Kobe and Kashikojima
2 ■ Nagoya Line for Tsu, Yokkaichi and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

Passengers to Osaka must change trains at Ise-Nakagawa Station (also at Tsuruhashi for Kobe) as no through trains to and from Osaka stop at this station.Local and express stop, and some Limited express stop in the morning and at night. The train connecting the Nagoya and Ise departing from 6 o'clock to 9:00. And the train connecting Nagoya and Ise departing from Kintetsu Nagoya Station stops after 6pm.[2][3]

« Service »
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Minamigaoka   Local   Momozono
Minamigaoka   Express   Momozono
Tsu   part of Limited express (Nagoya—Ise)
(Nagoya-bound in the morning)
(Ise-bound in the evening) 		  Ise-Nakagawa

History

Hisai Station opened on November 10, 1908 as a station on the Dai Nippon Kido's Ise Line, which was renamed the Chusei Railway in 1920. The Sangu Express Electric Railway's Tsu Line connected to the station on May 18, 1930. The Tsu Line was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. On March 15, 1941, the Sangu Express Electric Railway merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line.[4] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[4] The Chusei Railway went out of business on December 1, 1942. The station was rebuilt in November 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5598 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]

Surrounding area

  • JGSDF Hisai Base
  • Hisaishinmachi Post Office
  • Mie Prefectural Hisai High School
  • Mie Prefectural Hisai Norin High School

See also

References

  1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. ^ "久居駅の時刻表". eki.kintetsu.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ^ "久居駅の時刻表". eki.kintetsu.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ^ a b [1] Kintetsu Company History
  5. ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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