Takatsuno Station

Takatsuno Station 高角駅
Takatsuno Station, March 2007
Location	2193-4 Takatsuno-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie （三重県四日市市高角町字境田2193-4） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Yunoyama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1913
Traffic
Passengers	572 daily

Takatsuno Station (高角駅 Takatsuno-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Yunoyama Line in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Takatsuno Station is 6.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.^[1]

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Yunoyama Line

Layout

Takatsuno Station has two opposed side platforms, one for each direction. This makes it possible for trains running in opposite directions one the single-line Yunoyama Line to pass each other at this station. Platform 1 is connected to the main station building; platform 2 is separated from the rest of the station by a level crossing.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
Ise-Kawashima		Local		Sakura

Usage

Takatsuno Station is used primarily by morning and evening commuters to school and work.

According to a study conducted on November 8, 2005, 1,005 people passed through this station daily. This made it the:

• 247th busiest Kintetsu station (out of 323 total stations at the time).
• 70th busiest Kintetsu station in Mie Prefecture (out of 116 total stations at the time).
• 9th busiest station on the Yunoyama Line (out of 10 total stations).

Surrounding area

• Yokkaichi Central Technical High School
• Mary Knoll Girls' School
• Mitaki River
• National Route 477

History

• June 1, 1913 - Station opens as part of Yokkaichi Railway.
• 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.

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: Takatsuno Station

Coordinates: 34°59′01″N 136°33′15″E / 34.9835°N 136.5543°E