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Owase Station

尾鷲駅
Owase Station
General information
Location760 Nakamura-cho, Owase-shi, Mie-ken 519-3616
Japan
Coordinates34°04′28″N 136°11′25″E / 34.0744°N 136.1903°E / 34.0744; 136.1903
Operated by JR Tōkai
Line(s)■ Kisei Main Line
Distance123.3 km from Kameyama
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened19 December 1934
Previous namesOwashi (to 1959)
Passengers
FY2019379 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Osoneura
towards Shingū
 Kisei Main Line
Local
 Aiga
towards Nagoya
Kumanoshi
towards Shingū
 Kisei Main Line
 Kii-Nagashima
towards Nagoya
Location
Owase Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Owase Station
Owase Station
Location within Mie Prefecture
Owase Station is located in Japan
Owase Station
Owase Station
Owase Station (Japan)

Owase Station (尾鷲駅, Owase-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Owase Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 123.3 km (76.6 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

Station layout

Owase Station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Kisei Main Line for Shingū
For Matsusaka, and Nagoya
2 ■ Kisei Main Line for Matsusaka, and Nagoya

History

Owase Station opened on 19 December 1934 as Owashi Station (尾鷲駅, Owashi eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei East Line.[1] The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was extended to Kuki Station by 12 January 1957. The line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959, at which time the name of the station assumed its present spelling. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 379 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "あちゃ〜工事中･･･【木造駅舎カタログ】紀勢本線07/176 尾鷲駅". tetsudo-ch (in Japanese). 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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Stations of the JR Central Kisei Line (Kameyama—Shingū)
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