Miyamachi Station (宮町駅, Miyamachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Miyamachi Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 26.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by an underground passage. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	for Ujiyamada, Toba and Kashikojima
2	■ Yamada Line	for Ise-Nakagawa, Nagoya and Osaka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamada Line
Obata		Local		Iseshi
Matsusaka		Express (Nagoya Line through trains) (in the morning and the evening)		Iseshi

History

Miyamae Station opened on March 27, 1930 as Gekūmae Station (外宮前駅, Gekūmae-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Express Railway's Yamada Line. This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu. The station was renamed to its present name in March 1933. A new station building was completed in March 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 620 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Shintomiza independent movie theater
• Yokohama Rubber Mie plant
• Ujiyamada High School
• Ise Library
• JR - Yamada-Kamiguchi Station

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan