Naka-Komono Station

Naka-Komono Station 中菰野駅
Naka-Komono Station
Location	2189 Suginoki, Komono, Mie （三重県三重郡菰野町大字菰野字杉ノ木2189） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
History
Opened	1913
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	1369 daily

Naka-Komono Station (中菰野駅 Naka-Komono-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 12.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Yunoyama Line

Layout

Naka-Komono has a single island platform. This makes it possible for trains running in opposite directions one the single-line Yunoyama Line to pass each other at this station.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
Komono		Local		Ōbane-en

Usage

Naka-Komono is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, there are 1123 people that pass through this station daily. This makes it the:

• 242nd busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
• 68th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
• 8th busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

Surrounding area

• Komono Town Hall
• Ruins of old Komono
• National Route 477

History

• June 1, 1913 - Yokkaichi Railway opens the station.
• February 1, 1918 - Station closes.
• April 1, 1927 - Station re-opens.
• March 1, 1931 - Due to mergers, station falls under the ownership of Mie Railway.
• February 11, 1944 - Due to mergers, station falls under the ownership of Sanco.
• February 1, 1964 - Railway division of Sanco splits off and forms separate company, station falls under the ownership of Mie Electric Railway.
• 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: Naka-Komono Station

Coordinates: 35°00′45″N 136°30′15″E / 35.0125°N 136.5043°E