Minami-Yokkaichi Station Explained


Minami-Yokkaichi Station
Native Name:南四日市駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR Central
Address:3-15 Hinagahigashi-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-0886
Country:Japan
Distance:40.4 km from
Platforms:1 island platform
Opened:October 1, 1963
Passengers:715 daily
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Mie Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Minami-Yokkaichi Station

is a railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It also has a freight depot of the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Minami-Yokkaichi Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is 40.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station. Trains on the Ise Railway Ise Line often stop at this station, although the official terminal station for the line is at Kawarada Station

Layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Minami-Yokkaichi Station began as the on July 1, 1928. It was upgraded to a full station on the Kansai Main Line of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on October 1, 1963 and was renamed to its present name at that time. Operations of the Ise Line were extended through Minami-Yokkaichi Station on September 1, 1973. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since April 1, 2011.

Scheduled freight operations began from September 20, 1934. Containerized freight operations were discontinued on July 1, 1975, but were resumed from September 1, 1993.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Minami-Yokkaichi Station was assigned station number CI12.[1] [2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 715 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 December 2017 . 在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します . Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf . 18 January 2023 . 27 February 2023 . jr-central.co.jp . ja.
  2. Web site: 14 December 2017 . JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 . JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html . 1 November 2020 . 28 February 2023 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
  3. Web site: https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/common/07/ci500002761.htm. ja:三重県統計書. Mie Prefectural Statistics. 2020. Mie Prefecture. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2020.