Ise-Nakagawa Station

Ise-Nakagawa Station 伊勢中川駅
Ise-Nakagawa Station
Location	1-93 Ureshinonakagawashin-cho, Matsusaka, Mie （三重県松阪市嬉野中川新町一丁目93） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Kintetsu Osaka Line Kintetsu Nagoya Line Kintetsu Yamada Line
History
Opened	1930
Previous names	Sankyū-Nakagawa (until 1941)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	3696 daily

Ise-Nakagawa Station (伊勢中川駅 Ise-Nakagawa-eki) is a major junction railway station operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture. The station is served by the Yamada Line, and is a Terminus for the Osaka Line.^[1]

The station has a stationmaster and is responsible for the administration of the sections between Higashi-Aoyama Station and this station on the Osaka Line and between this station and Higashi-Matsusaka Station on the Yamada Line.

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Osaka Line
  • Nagoya Line
  • Yamada Line

Station layout

Ise-Nakagawa Station has six parallel tracks numbered 1 through 6. Four island platforms are located to serve Tracks 1 & 2, 2 & 3, 3 & 4, and 4 & 5. Track 6 is served by one side platform. This layout enables trains on Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 to open doors on the both sides of the trains for easy transfer among the three connecting major lines at this station.

Limited express trains running directly between the Osaka Line and the Nagoya Line do not pass through the station. Instead, these trains use a crossover between the two lines located north of the station. The two trunk lines and this crossover constitutes a triangle.

1	■ Yamada Line	local trains for Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
	■ Nagoya Line	local trains starting for Tsu, Yokkaichi and Nagoya
2, 3	■ Yamada Line	for Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
	■ Nagoya Line	starting for Tsu, Yokkaichi and Nagoya in the mornings and the evenings
	■ Osaka Line	express trains starting for Osaka Uehommachi
4, 5	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Yokkaichi and Nagoya
	■ Osaka Line	for Osaka Uehommachi, Osaka Namba, Kōbe, Kyōto and Nara
6	■ Osaka Line	local trains for Higashi-Aoyama and Nabari

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 Osaka Uehommachi, Osaka Namba and Kyōto

Adjacent stations

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

Surrounding area

• Ureshino Library
• Ureshino Furusato Center
• Yuu-Store supermarket

History

Ise-Nakagawa Station opened on May 18, 1930 as Sankyū-Nakagawa Station (参急中川駅 Sankyū-Nakagawa-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the Sangu Express Electric Railway merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Yamada Line, at which time the station was renamed it its present name.^[4] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu.^[4] A new station building was completed in 2004.

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. 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.
4. Kintetsu Company History

External links

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

Coordinates: 34°38′6.08″N 136°28′40.39″E / 34.6350222°N 136.4778861°E