Tomida Station
Railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Tomida Station (富田駅, Tomida-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight depot for the freight-only Sangi Railway.
01Lines
Tomida Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is 31.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station.
02Station layout
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. Another island platform exists for tracks 4 and 5, but is not in use, and is currently serving as a siding for freight cars. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kansai Main Line | For Kuwana, Nagoya |
| 2, 3 | ■ Kansai Main Line | For Yokkaichi, Kameyama |
03Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) | ||||
| Kansai Main Line | ||||
| Asahi | Local | Tomidahama | ||
| Asahi | Semi Rapid | Tomidahama | ||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Rapid "Mie": Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express "Nanki": Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Sangi Railway | ||||
| Sangi Line (freight line) | ||||
| Terminus | - | Ōyachi | ||
04Station history
Tomida Station was opened on July 5, 1894, as a station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and the Sangi Railway Line connected to this station on July 23, 1931. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight car operations on the JNR were discontinued November 15, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Tomida Station was assigned station number CI09.
05Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 795 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
06Surrounding area
- Tomida Ichirizuka
- Yokkaichi City Tomida Elementary School
- Sangi Railway Headquarters
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tomida Station”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- JR Central of Tomida Station 01.JPG by Gnsin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rail Tracks map Tomida Station.svg by ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0
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