Higashi-Matsusaka Station

Higashi-Matsusaka Station (東松阪駅, Higashi-Matsusaka-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Higashi-Matsusaka Station is 10.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Yamada Line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.[1]

Higashi-Matsusaka Station

東松阪駅
Higashi-Matsusaka Station
Location353-1 Otsu-cho Hisachi, Matsusaka, Mie
（三重県松阪市大津町久地353-1）
Japan
Operated byKintetsu Railway
Line(s)Yamada Line
History
Opened1930
Passengers
FY20101034 daily

Station layout

Higashi-Matsusaka Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms
1 ■ Yamada Line for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
2 ■ Yamada Line for Matsusaka,Ise-Nakagawa

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Yamada Line
Matsusaka   Local   Kushida

History

Higashi-Matsusaka Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Yamada Line.[2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2] The station was closed on June 1, 1945, but was reopened on March 14, 1946.

Surrounding area

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

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