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Ise-Nakagawa Station

伊勢中川駅
Ise-Nakagawa Station; 伊勢中川駅
	Ise-Nakagawa Station
General information
Location	1-93 Ureshinonakagawashin-cho, Matsusaka-shi, Mie-ken 515-2325,; Japan
Coordinates	34°38′6.08″N 136°28′40.39″E / 34.6350222°N 136.4778861°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Nagoya Line; Osaka Line; Yamada Line;
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	D61, E61, M61
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 May 1930
Previous names	Sankyū-Nakagawa (until 1941)
Passengers
FY2019	4269 daily
Location
Location
	Ise-Nakagawa Station Location within Mie Prefecture Ise-Nakagawa Station Ise-Nakagawa Station (Japan)

Ise-Nakagawa Station (伊勢中川駅, Ise-Nakagawa-eki) is a major junction station owned and operated by the private Kintetsu railway company in the city of Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture. The station is served by all trains on that company's Yamada Line and most trains on its Nagoya and Osaka Lines.^[1] The Ise-Nakagawa stationmaster is responsible for managing the sections between here and Higashi-Aoyama on the Osaka Line and between here and Higashi-Matsusaka on the Yamada Line.

Lines

Kintetsu Railway
- Nagoya Line (to Kintetsu-Nagoya)
- Osaka Line (to Ōsaka-Uehommachi)
- Yamada Line (to Ujiyamada)

Station layout

The station consists of six parallel tracks numbered 1 through 6 (see diagram below). Four island platforms are located to serve Tracks 1 & 2, 2 & 3, 3 & 4, and 4 & 5. Track 6 is served by a single side platform. This layout allows trains on Tracks 2, 3, and 4 to open their doors on both sides, enabling easy transfer between trains on the three major lines which connect at this station.

Limited express trains running directly between the Nagoya Line and the Osaka Line do not pass through Ise-Nakagawa station. Instead, these trains use a north-east to north-west chord which connects the two lines at a point some 3.5 km north-west of the station, the two trunk lines and this chord together constituting a triangular junction.

*Track layout of Ise-Nakagawa Station* ^[2]^[3]
Nagoya Line for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
	Yamada Line for Ujiyamada, Toba, and Kashikojima
Osaka Line for Ōsaka-Uehommachi, Ōsaka-Namba, and Kyōto

1	■ Yamada Line	for Ujiyamada , and Kashikojima
1	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
2, 3	■ Yamada Line	for Ujiyamada, and Kashikojima
	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
	■ Osaka Line	for Ōsaka-Uehommachi ,Ōsaka-Namba and Kyōto
4, 5	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya
4, 5	■ Osaka Line	for Ōsaka-Uehommachi, Ōsaka-Namba and Kyōto
6	■ Osaka Line	for Higashi-Aoyama and Nabari

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Osaka Line
Kawai-Takaoka	Local	Ise-Nakahara
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi	Express	Matsusaka
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi	Rapid Express (eastbound only)	Matsusaka
Iga-Kambe Sakakibara-Onsenguchi	Limited Express	Matsusaka
Nagoya Line
Momozono	Local	Ise-Nakahara
Momozono	Express	Matsusaka
Tsu Hisai	Limited Express	Matsusaka
Yamada Line
Kawai-Takaoka Momozono	Local	Ise-Nakahara
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Momozono	Express	Matsusaka
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi	Rapid Express (eastbound only)	Matsusaka
Iga-Kambe Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Tsu Hisai	Limited Express	Matsusaka

History

The first station on the site was opened on 18 May 1930 as Sankyū-Nakagawa Station (参急中川駅, Sankyū-Nakagawa-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. It received its present name on 15 March 1941 when this company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway to form the Kansai Express Railway and Ise-Nakagawa become a station on the merged company's Yamada Line.^[4] A further merger, with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1, 1944, created the Kinki Nippon Railway, forerunner of today's Kintetsu Railway Co. Ltd.^[4] A new station building was completed in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4369 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5]

Surrounding area

Ureshino Furusato Center
Matsusaka City Ureshino Junior High School
Matsusaka City Nakagawa Elementary School
Matsusaka City Nakahara Elementary School
Matsusaka City Toyoda Elementary School
Matsusaka Municipal Toyoji Elementary School

References

^ 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.
^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (1996). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Nagoya Toshin-bu, Mie Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 172. ISBN 978-4-7942-0700-5.
^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (1993). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Ōsaka Toshin-bu, Nara Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 134. ISBN 978-4-7942-0498-1.
^ ^a ^b Kintetsu Company History
^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Ise-Nakagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

Kintetsu: Ise-Nakagawa Station(in Japanese)
Kintetsu: Ise-Nakagawa Station layout(in English)

[terada2002-1] 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] Kawashima, Ryōzō (1996). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Nagoya Toshin-bu, Mie Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 172. ISBN 978-4-7942-0700-5.

[3] Kawashima, Ryōzō (1993). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Dai-kenkyū: Ōsaka Toshin-bu, Nara Hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 134. ISBN 978-4-7942-0498-1.

[Kintetsu-4] Kintetsu Company History

[Mie2019stats-5] 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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