Funatsu Station (Kihoku)

Funatsu Station 船津駅
File:FunatsuSt.jpg Funatsu Station
Location	456 Kamisato, Kihoku, Kitamuro, Mie （三重県北牟婁郡紀北町海山区上里456） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Kisei Main Line
History
Opened	1934
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	73 daily

Funatsu Station (船津駅, Funatsu-eki) is a railway station in Kihoku, Kitamuro District, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 112.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

History

Funatsu Station opened on December 19, 1934 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei East Line. From 1941-1958, the Osugidani Forest Railway (大杉谷森林鉄道, Osugidami Shinrin Testdo) also operated to this station. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War 2, and the line was extended to Kuki Station by January 12, 1957. The line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959. 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 March 31, 2005.

Lines

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

Station layout

Funatsu Station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass. The wooden station building dates from the original construction. However, normally only platform 1 is in use for bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1	■ Kisei Main Line	For Matsusaka Nagoya For Owase, Shingū
2	■ Kisei Main Line	through traffic

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Kisei Main Line
Minose		-	Aiga

External links

• JR Central timetable (Japanese)