Ise-Okitsu Station

Ise-Okitsu Station (伊勢奥津駅,Ise-Okitsu-eki) is a passengerrailway station in located in the city of Tsu,Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated byCentral Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Ise-Okitsu Station

伊勢奥津駅

Ise-Okitsu Station, August 2018

General information

Location

Misugi-cho Okitsu 1288-8, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken 515-3531
Japan

Coordinates

34°30′45″N136°15′33″E / 34.5125°N 136.2593°E /34.5125; 136.2593

Operated by

JR Tōkai

Line(s)

■Meishō Line

Distance

43.5 km fromMatsusaka

Platforms

1 side platform

Connections

Bus terminal

History

Opened

December 5, 1935

Passengers

FY2019

26 daily

Location
Ise-Okitsu Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Ise-Okitsu Station Ise-Okitsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

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Ise-Okitsu Station is served by theMeishō Line, and is 43.5 rail kilometers from theterminus of the line atMatsusaka Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of a singleside platform serving one bi-directional track.

Adjacent stations

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«		Service	»
Meishō Line
Hitsu		Local		Terminus

History

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Ise-Okitsu Station was opened on December 5, 1935 as a station on theJapanese Government Railways (JGR) (which became theJapan 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 andprivatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of theCentral Japan Railway Company. The station has been unattended since 1990. The station building was rebuilt in 2005.

Between October 8, 2009 and March 26, 2016, the section between this station andIeki Station was closed due to damage fromTyphoon Melor. During this time, a bus line served this section of the line.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 26 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

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Tsu City Yawata Branch Office / Yawata Community Resident Center (within station building)
Tsu City Ise-Okitsu Station Tourist Information Exchange Facility (Adjacent to station building)
Hachiman Shrine (Shrine related to Kitabatake Akiyoshi, Registered tangible cultural property of Mie Prefecture)
Kitabatake Shrine

References

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^Annual Report 2016(PDF) (in Japanese).Central Japan Railway Company. p. 21. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 November 2018. Retrieved16 March 2020.
^"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. Retrieved16 March 2020.
^三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved11 August 2020.