Yokkaichi Station


Yokkaichi Station is a railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. It is located 37.2 rail kilometers from Nagoya Station on the Kansai Main Line, and is a terminal station for the Ise Railway and Japan Freight Railway Company. Downtown Yokkaichi is located about 1 km from the station, which is less convenient than the centrally located Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station.

Lines

Yokkaichi Station is served by the JR Central Kansai Main Line and the Ise Railway Ise Line.

Station layout

Yokkaichi Station has one, very wide, complex island platform, serving three tracks. The Kansai Main Line uses the outer edges of the island platform, and the Ise Railway uses an indention in one side of the platform, which forms a single bay platform.

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

Yokkaichi Station opened on December 25, 1890, as a station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, and the station became part of the Japanese Government Railways system. A new station building was completed on November 3, 1913. The Ise Line began operations from March 1, 1922. JGR became the Japanese National Railways after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2012.