Kita-Kusu Station

Kita-Kusu Station 北楠駅
Kita-Kusu Station
General information
Location	2048 Kitagomizuka Kusu-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-0103 Japan
Coordinates	34°54′57.79″N 136°37′30.1″E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Nagoya Line
Distance	42.6 km from Kintetsu Nagoya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	E25
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1920
Passengers
FY2019	1039 daily
Location Kita-Kusu Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Kita-Kusu Station Kita-Kusu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kita-Kusu Station (北楠駅, Kita-Kusu-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Kita-Kusu Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 42.6 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

1	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu and Ise-Nakagawa
2	■ Nagoya Line	for Yokkaichi, Kuwana and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Shiohama		Local		Kusu
Express: Does not stop at this station

History

Kita-Kusu Station opened on April 1, 1920 as a station on the Ise Railway. It was closed on September 16, 1926, but reopened on June 30, 1934. The Ise Railway became the Sangu Express Electric Railway’s Ise Line on September 15, 1936, and was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1039 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

• former Kusunoki Town Hall

Toyobo Kusu Factory Yokkaichi Kusu Junior High School Yokkaichi Kusu Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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. [1] Kintetsu Company History
3. 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kita-Kusu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kintetsu: Kita-Kusu Station(in Japanese)