Kintetsu Nagashima Station


Kintetsu-Nagashima Station is a railway station on the Nagoya Line in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Kintetsu Nagashima Station is 19.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.

Lines

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kintetsu-Nagashima station opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu-Nagashima Station on the Kansai Express Electric Railway. On January 1, 1940, the Sangu Express Electric Railway and the Kansai Express Electric Railway merged, and the station was renamed Sangu-Nagashima Station. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line, and the station was again renamed back to its original name. This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu, and the station renamed to Kinki Nippon Nagashima Station The station name was shortened to its present name on March 1, 1970