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Minami-Yokkaichi Station (南四日市駅, Minami-Yokkaichi-eki) 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).

CJ12 Minami-Yokkaichi Station 南四日市駅
JR Minami-Yokkaichi Station in 2012
General information
Location	3-15 Hinagahigashi-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-0886 Japan
Coordinates	34°56′28″N 136°36′31.45″E
Operated by	JR Tōkai JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Kansai Main Line
Distance	40.4 km from Nagoya
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	October 1, 1963
Passengers
FY2019	715 daily
Location
Minami-Yokkaichi Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Minami-Yokkaichi Station Minami-Yokkaichi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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.

Platform

1	■ Kansai Main Line	For Yokkaichi, Kuwana and Nagoya
2	■ Kansai Main Line	For Kameyama, Suzuka and Tsu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Central
Kansai Main Line
Yokkaichi		Local		Kawarada
Yokkaichi		Semi Rapid		Kawarada
Yokkaichi		Rapid		Kawarada
Rapid "Mie": Does not stop at this station
Limited Express "Nanki": Does not stop at this station

Station history

Minami-Yokkaichi Station began as the Hinaga Signal (日永信号場, Hinaga Shingosho) 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 715 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Technical High School
• Kaisei High School
• Ohashi Gakuen High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Minami-Yokkaichi Station at Wikimedia Commons

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