Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station (近鉄四日市駅) is a railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. The third-sector Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway, which is jointly owned by Kintetsu and the city of Yokkaichi, uses a part of the station as its terminal Asunarou Yokkaichi Station (あすなろう四日市駅).

Lines

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 41.9 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station. It is also a terminus for the 15.4 kilometer Kintetsu Yunoyama Line The Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line terminates at this station.

Station layout

Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station consists of three island platforms serving six tracks on the third level of a station building. The Asunarou Yokkaichi Station consists of a single island platform on the ground level of the same building.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was originally opened as Suwa Station (諏訪駅) and was a junction of the three lines which Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station presently serves (the two branch lines were operated by Mie Transport). In 1956 when Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) rerouted the Nagoya Line and closed its station by JNR's Yokkaichi Station, Suwa Station of Kintetsu and Mie Transport was moved and renamed as Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station. The station was again renamed in 1970 to the present name.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Kintetsu station was used by an average of 24,163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway portion of the station was used by 6198 passengers daily.

Surrounding area