Taki Station (Mie)


Taki Station is a railway station in Taki, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. The station is 42.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Kisei line at Kameyama Station and is a terminus for the Sangū Line. Irregular freight services are still operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

History

Taki Station opened on December 31, 1893, as Ōka Station on the private Sangū Railway. The Sangū Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways system. On October 20, 1923, the Kisei East Line connected to the station, which was renamed Ōkaguchi Station. The JGR became the Japan National Railways after World War II, and the station was renamed to its present name on July 15, 1959. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Lines

Taki Station has two island platforms connected by an overpass.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area