Taki Station (Mie)

Taki Station 多気駅
Taki Station
Location	76-1 Taki, Taki, Taki, Mie （三重県多気郡多気町多気76-1） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Kisei Main Line Sangū Line
History
Opened	1893
Previous names	Ōkaguchi (until 1950)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	651 daily

Taki Station (多気駅, Taki-eki) is a railway station in Taki, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 42.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Kisei line at Kameyama Station and is a terminus for the Sangū Line . Irregular freight services are still operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

History

Taki Station opened on December 31, 1893, as Ōka Station (相可駅, Ōka eki) on the private Sangū Railway. The Sangū Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system. On October 20, 1923, the Kisei East Line connected to the station, which was renamed Ōkaguchi Station (相可口駅, Ōkaguchi eki). The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War 2, and the station was renamed to its present name on July 15, 1959. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
  • Kisei Main Line
  • Sangū Line

Station layout

Taki Station has two island platforms connected by an overpass.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area

• Kushida River
• National Route 42
• Old Ise Grand Shrine pilgrimage road

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taki Station (Mie).

• JR Central timetable (Japanese)
• JR Central: Taki Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°30′58″N 136°34′24″E / 34.516047°N 136.573234°E / 34.516047; 136.573234