Ōbane-en Station

Ōbane-en Station 大羽根園駅
Ōbane-en Station
Location	3928-6 Nakano, Komono, Mie （三重県三重郡菰野町大字菰野字野中3928-6） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
History
Opened	1964
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	370 daily

Ōbane-en Station (大羽根園駅 Ōbaneen-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yunoyama Line in Komono, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Komono Station is 13.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Yunoyama Line

Layout

Ōbane-en Station has a single side platform with a bi-directional track. There is no station building or ticket machines. The station is unattended

Platforms

1	■  Yunoyama Line	for Yokkaichi • Nagoya • Osaka
	■  Yunoyama Line	for Yunoyama-Onsen

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
Naka-Komono		Local		Yunoyama-Onsen

Usage

Ōbane-en Station is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, there are 901 people that pass through this station daily. This makes it the:

• 259th busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
• 79th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
• 10th busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

Surrounding area

• National Route 477

History

• March 23, 1964 - Mie Electric Railway opens the station.
• April 1, 1965 - Due to mergers, stations fall under the ownership of Kintetsu. ^[2]
• April 1, 2007 - Support for PiTaPa and ICOCA begins.

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. Kintetsu Company History

External links

• (Japanese) Kintetsu: Ōbaneen Station

Coordinates: 35°00′45″N 136°29′39″E / 35.01250°N 136.49417°E