Tsuge Station

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Tsuge Station 柘植駅
Tsuge Station in November 2015
General information
Location	211 Tsuge-machi, Iga City, Mie Prefecture 519-1402 Japan
Coordinates	34°50′49″N 136°15′21″E / 34.84689°N 136.25576°E / 34.84689; 136.25576
Owned by	JR West
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	V Kansai Line C Kusatsu Line
Distance	20.0 km (12.4 mi) from Kameyama 36.7 km (22.8 mi) from Kusatsu
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	None
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	19 February 1890; 134 years ago (1890-02-19)
Electrified	Kusatsu Line: 1980
Passengers
2019	308 daily
Services Preceding station   JR-West   Following station Shindō toward Kamo and Iga-Ueno   Kansai Line   Kabuto toward Kameyama Shindō toward Kamo and Iga-Ueno   Kansai Line   Terminus Aburahi toward Osaka, Kyoto, and Kusatsu   Kusatsu Line   Terminus
Location Tsuge Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Tsuge Station Tsuge Station (Kansai region) Show map of Kansai region Tsuge Station Tsuge Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tsuge Station (柘植駅, Tsuge-eki) is a junction passenger railway station of the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) located in the city of Iga, Mie, Japan.

Tsuge Station is served by the Kansai Main Line and is located 79.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station and 20.0 rail kilometers from Kameyama Station. It is also terminus of the and Kusatsu Line and is 36.7 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at Kusatsu Station.

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform with three tracks on the ground level, connected by a footbridge.

Tsuge Station was opened on February 18, 1890 with the extension of the Kansai Railway from Mikumo Station, making it the oldest station within Mie Prefecture. The Kansai Railway was extended to Yokkaichi Station on December 25, 1890 and to Ueno Station on January 15, 1897. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Imperial Government Railways (IGR), which became Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from August 1, 1972. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR-West.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 308 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

The old Iga Kaido highway and its post town remain to the south of the station, but no urban area around the station itself.

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Tsuge Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)