Tsu Station

nihongo|Tsu Station|津駅|Tsu-eki is the central railway station of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The name of the station is considered the shortest in Japan because it is the only station name that is written with one kana while there are other stations with shorter name if written in Latin letters, such as Oe Station.

Lines

Tsu Station is served by three railway operators. It is on the Kisei Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), the Nagoya Line of Kintetsu, and the Ise Railway Ise Line.

Layout

*There are 4 platforms with 6 tracks on the ground. Station entrance is located in the east and west sides and connected with overbridge.

History

The JR section of the station was opened on November 4, 1891 by the Kansai Railway as the terminal of a branch from Kameyama Station. On December 31, 1893, Sangū Railway opened an extension of the Kansai Railway line from Tsu to Miyagawa Station. Both railways were nationalized on October 1, 1907. [Teishajo|II|p. 370]

The Kintetsu part of the station was opened by Sangū Kyūkō Railway on April 3, 1932. [cite web
url = http://www.kintetsu.jp/kouhou/History/map03.html
title = 鉄道網のおいたち昭和３年～１３年｜近鉄企業情報
author = Kintetsu Corporation
accessdate = November 17
accessyear = 2007]

On September 1, 1973, Japanese National Railways opened the Ise Line, which was transferred to Ise Railway Company on March 27, 1987. [Ishino, "supra", p. 347]

References

Adjacent stations

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External links

* [http://www.jr-central.co.jp/station.nsf/st_info/tsu/ Tsu Station] (JR Central)
* [http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/station17010.html Tsu Station] (Kintetsu)
* [http://www.isetetu.co.jp/station/tsu/ Tsu Station] (Ise Railway)