Tsuge Station

Tsuge Station 柘植駅
Tsuge Station
Location	Tsuge-machi 211, Iga, Mie （三重県伊賀市柘植町211） Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line Kusatsu Line
History
Opened	1890
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	404 daily

Tsuge Station (柘植駅 Tsuge-eki) is a railway station in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located 79.9 rail kilometres from the terminus of the Kansai Main Line at Nagoya Station and 20.0 rail kilometers from Kameyama Station and is 36.7 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the Kusatsu Line at Kusatsu Station.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • V Kansai Main Line
  • C Kusatsu Line

Layout

Tsuge Station has a side platform and in an island platform with three tracks on the ground level, connected by an overpass. The Kusatsu line tracks are electrified but the Kansai Line tracks are not.

Platforms

1	■ Kansai Line	for Iga-Ueno and Kamo
2	■ Kansai Line	for Kameyama returning for Iga-Ueno and Kamo
	■ Kusatsu Line	for Kibukawa and Kusatsu (partly in the morning)
3	■ Kusatsu Line	for Kibukawa, Kusatsu and Kyoto
	■ Kansai Line	for Kameyama (only one train every day)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kansai Main Line
Kabuto		-	Shindō
Kusatsu Line
Terminus		-	Aburahi

History

Tsuge Station was opened on February 18, 1890 with the extension of the Kansai Railway from Mikumo Station, making it the oldest station within Mie Prefecture. The Kansai Railway was extended to Yokkaichi Station on December 25, 1890 and to Iga-Ueno Station on January 15, 1897. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from August 1, 1972. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

External links

• Tsuge Station official home page

Coordinates: 34°50′49″N 136°15′21″E / 34.84706°N 136.255875°E