Myōjō Station
Myōjō Station (明星駅, Myōjō-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Myōjō Station is 19.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.[1] The station has the Inspection Center for the Yamada Line, the Toba Line and the Shima Line.
Myōjō Station 明星駅 | |
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 Myōjō Station in 2008 | |
| Location | 2564 Myōjō, Meiwa, Mie （三重県多気郡明和町大字明星2564） Japan |
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway |
| Line(s) | Yamada Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2010) | 595 daily |
Lines
Station layout
Myōjō Station has two island platforms serving 2 tracks each. Tracks (Platforms) 2 and 4 are main tracks and Tracks (Platforms) 1 and 3 are refuge tracks.
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ Yamada Line | for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima |
| 3, 4 | ■ Yamada Line | for Ise-Nakagawa |
- The first train for Ise-Nakagawa (through to Nabari on the Osaka Line) departs from Track (Platform) 1.
History
Myōjō Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway. 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]
Surrounding area
- Kintetsu Myōjō Train Inspection Center