Hitsu Station

Hitsu Station (比津駅, Hitsu-eki) is a railway station located in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is 39.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meishō Line at Matsusaka Station.

Hitsu Station

比津駅
Hitsu Station
LocationMisugi-cho Yachi, Tsu, Mie
（三重県津市美杉町八知）
Japan
Operated byCentral Japan Railway Company
Line(s)Meishō Line
Connections
    History
    Opened1935
    Traffic
    Passengers (2011)5 daily

    Lines

    Layout

    Hitsu Station has a single side platform. There is no station building, but only a small rain shelter on the platform.

    Adjacent stations
    « Service »
    Meishō Line
    Ise-Yachi   Local   Ise-Okitsu

    History

    Hitsu Station was opened on December 5, 1935 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) (which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II). Freight services were suspended from October 1965. The station has been unattended since April 1, 1986. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The station building was torn down in 2007.

    Between October 8, 2009 and March 26, 2016, the section between Ieki Station and Ise-Okitsu Station was closed due to damage from Typhoon Melor. During this time, a bus line served this station.[1][2]

    References
    1. Annual Report 2016 (PDF) (in Japanese). Central Japan Railway Company. p. 21. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
    2. "JR東海が｢不通路線｣を復旧した本当の理由" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. pp. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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