Tsuge Station
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Tsuge Station 柘植駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 211 Tsuge-machi, Iga City, Mie Prefecture 519-1402 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°50′49″N 136°15′21″E / 34.84689°N 136.25576°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | JR West | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR West | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 19 February 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Kusatsu Line: 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 308 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuge Station (柘植駅, Tsuge-eki) is a junction passenger
, Japan.Lines
Tsuge Station is served by the
terminus of the line at Nagoya Station and 20.0 rail kilometers from Kameyama Station. It is also terminus of the and Kusatsu Line and is 36.7 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at Kusatsu Station
.
Layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform with three tracks on the ground level, connected by a footbridge.
Platforms
1 | ■ Kansai Line | for Kamo and Iga-Ueno |
2 | ■ Kansai Line | for Kameyama for Kamo (one train only) |
■ Kusatsu Line | for Kyoto and Kusatsu (a few trains in the morning only)
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3 | ■ Kusatsu Line | for Kyoto, and Kusatsu
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■ Kansai Line | for Kameyama (one train only) |
History
Tsuge Station was opened on February 18, 1890 with the extension of the Kansai Railway from
Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from August 1, 1972. With the privatization
of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR-West.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 308 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
The old Iga Kaido highway and its post town remain to the south of the station, but no urban area around the station itself.
See also
References
External links
Media related to Tsuge Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)