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Ujiyamada Station

宇治山田駅
Ujiyamada Station; 宇治山田駅
	Ujiyamada Station frontage, July 2006
General information
Location	2-1-43 Iwabuchi, Ise City, Mie Prefecture 516-0037; Japan
Coordinates	34°29′18″N 136°42′49″E / 34.488205°N 136.713733°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Yamada Line; Toba Line;
Distance	28.3 km (17.6 mi) from Ise-Nakagawa
Platforms	1 side platform and 3 bay platforms
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	M74
History
Opened	17 March 1931; 93 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	5,484 daily
Services
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	Ujiyamada Station Location within Mie Prefecture Ujiyamada Station Ujiyamada Station (Kansai region) Ujiyamada Station Ujiyamada Station (Japan)

Ujiyamada Station (宇治山田駅, Ujiyamada-eki) is a junction railway station located in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private operator Kintetsu. It is the closest station to Ise Grand Shrine and thus has an important role for tourists and pilgrims. The station also administrates the section between Kushida Station and Isuzugawa Station.

Lines

Ujiyamada Station is served by the Kintetsu Yamada Line and the Toba Line. It is 28.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of both lines at Ise-Nakagawa Station.

Station layout

Ujiyamada Station has 2 through platforms and two bay platforms, a total of four. The platforms are on the third floor of the station building. The only entrance to the building is on the west of the first floor. A royal suite is located in the second floor. Originally a penthouse on the building's east end, it was used as a fire watch tower, and became the firefighting headquarters of postwar Ise.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	returning for Ise-Nakagawa (partly)
2	■ Yamada Line	returning for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya and Osaka
3	■ Toba Line	for Toba and Kashikojima
4	■ Yamada Line	for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto

History

Ujiyamada Station was opened as the terminal station of the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway on March 17, 1931.^[1] On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Kyuko Railway's Yamada Line.^[2] This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.^[2] Services to Nagoya began on January 20, 1920, and the line was extended from Ujiyamada to Isuzugawa Station on December 15, 1969.^[2] In 2001, the station building was named a Registered Registered Tangible Cultural Properties by the national government.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5484 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

Ise Grand Shrine
Chokokan Ise Grand Shrine History Museum
Ise City Hall
Ise sight-seeing information center
Kōgakkan University
Kōgakkan High School
Ise High School
Ise Technical High School

Gallery

Platforms, August 2019
Fare gates, August 2010
Station structure, April 2018

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c [1] Kintetsu Company History
^ [2] Ujiyama Station page on Cultural Properties of Mie Prefecture (in Japanese)
^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.