Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station 近鉄四日市駅
General information
Location	1-56, Yasujima Itchome, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-0086 Japan
Coordinates	34°58′1.2″N 136°37′7.25″E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway
Line(s)	Nagoya Line Yunoyama Line Utsube Line
Platforms	4 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	E21, K21
History
Opened	September 24, 1913
Previous names	Suwa; Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi (until 1970)
Passengers
FY 2019 (boarding only)	24,163 (Kintetsu), 6198 (Asunarou Railway)
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Track layout

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station (近鉄四日市駅, Kintetsu-Yokkaichi-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. The third-sector Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway, which is jointly owned by Kintetsu and the city of Yokkaichi, uses a part of the station as its terminal Asunarou Yokkaichi Station (あすなろう四日市駅, Asunarō Yokkaichi-eki).^[1]

Lines

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 41.9 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station. It is also a terminus for the 15.4 kilometer Kintetsu Yunoyama Line^[2] The Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line terminates at this station.

Station layout

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station consists of three island platforms serving six tracks on the third level of a station building. The Asunarou Yokkaichi Station consists of a single island platform on the ground level of the same building.

1, 2	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Toba, Kashikojima, Ōsaka, and Kōbe
3, 4	■ Nagoya Line	for Kuwana and Nagoya
4	■ Nagoya Line	for Ise-Nakagawa
5	■ Yunoyama Line	for Yunoyama-Onsen
	■ Nagoya Line	for Tsu-shimmachi
6	■ Yunoyama Line	for Yunoyama-Onsen

9	■ Utsube Line	for Utsube (part of trains depart for Nishihino)
10	■ Hachioji Line	for Nishihino (part of trains depart for Utsube)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu
Nagoya Line
Kawaramachi		Local		Shinshō
Kawaramachi		Semi-Express		Terminus
Kintetsu-Tomida		Express		Shiohama
Kuwana		Limited Express		Shiroko
Kintetsu-Nagoya		Limited Express "Shimakaze"		Iseshi
Yunoyama Line
Terminus		Local		Nakagawara
Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway
Utsube Line
Terminus		-	Akahori

History

Change of Kintetsu lines near Yokkaichi in 1956

The station was originally opened as Suwa Station (諏訪駅, Suwa-eki) and was a junction of the three lines which Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station presently serves (the two branch lines were operated by Mie Transport). In 1956 when Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) rerouted the Nagoya Line and closed its station by JNR's Yokkaichi Station, Suwa Station of Kintetsu and Mie Transport was moved and renamed as Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station. The station was again renamed in 1970 to the present name.

• 1913-05-16 Mie tramway Suwa - Minami-Hamada opened.
• 1913-09-24 Yokkaichi Railway Suwa - Ise-Kawashima opened.
• 1915-12-25 Mie tramway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-03-03 Yokkaichi Railway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-07-19 Mie tramway was inherited by Mie Railway.
• 1922-03-01 Ise Railway Miyamado - Shin-Yokkaichi open.
• 1929-01-30 Ise Electric Railway Kuwana - Yokkaichi and Suwa stn. opened.
• 1931-03-01 Yokkaichi Railway and Mie Railway merged to Mie Railway.
• 1936-09-15 Sangu Express Railway merged Ise Electric railway.
• 1941-03-15 Osaka Electric Tramway merged Sangu Express Railway and Osaka Electric Tramway was changed to Kansai Express Railway.
• 1944-02-11 Mie railway and other 6 companies merged to Mie Transport.
• 1944-06-01 Kansai Express Railway was changed to Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu).
• 1956-09-23 Kintetsu Line moved to new line. Yokkaichi Station of Kintetsu near JNR Yokkaichi Station was closed. Suwa Station was moved and its name was changed to Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi.
• 1964-02-01 Mie Transport transferred its railway business to Mie Electric Railway.
• 1965-04-01 Kinki Nippon Railway merged Mie Electric Railway.
• 1970-03-01 Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi was changed to Kintetsu Yokkaichi.
• 1973 Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line were elevated.
• 1974-06-29 Utsube Line Yokkaichi Station was moved.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Kintetsu station was used by an average of 24,163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway portion of the station was used by 6198 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Kintetsu department store
• Tonarie Yokkaichi (shopping center, formerly LaLa Square Yokkaichi)
• Yokkaichi Dome
• Yokkaichi Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 小佐野カゲトシ (April 1, 2015). 四日市あすなろう鉄道がスタート…近鉄内部・八王子線を引き継ぎ. Response (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2015.
2. 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.
3. 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kintetsu: Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station(in Japanese)
• 1945 map (University of Texas Libraries)