Ise-Matsumoto Station

Ise-Matsumoto Station 伊勢松本駅
Ise-Matsumoto Station
Location	3-3-8 Matsumoto-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie （三重県四日市市松本三丁目3-8） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Yunoyama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1913
Previous names	Matsumotomura (until 1923)
Traffic
Passengers	1466 daily

Ise-Matsumoto Station (伊勢松本駅 Ise-Matsumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yunoyama Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Ise-Matsumoto Station is 2.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Yunoyama Line

Layout

Ise-Matsumoto Station has a single island platform, connected by a level crossing to the station building.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
Nakagawara		Local		Ise-Kawashima

Usage

Ise-Matsushima Station is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, 2,603 people passed through this station daily. This made it the:

• 172nd busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
• 30th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
• 3rd busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

History

• September 24, 1913 - Station opens as Matsumotomura Station (松本村駅 Matsumotomura-eki) on the Yokkaichi Railway.
• 1926 - Station is renamed Ise-Matsumoto Station (伊勢松本駅 Ise-Matsumoto-eki)
• March 1, 1931 - Station falls under the ownership of Mie Railway following merger.
• February 11, 1944 - Station falls under the ownership of Sanco following merger.
• February 1, 1964 - Station falls under the ownership of Mie Electric Railway after railway division of Sanco splits off and forms separate company.
• April 1, 1965 - Station falls under the ownership of Kintetsu following merger.^[2]
• April 1, 2007 - Support for PiTaPa and ICOCA begins.
• October 2012 - Station is unattended after installation of automatic wicket gates

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: Ise-Matsumoto Station

Coordinates: 34°58′11″N 136°35′26″E / 34.9698°N 136.5906°E