Nishi-Ōte Station

Railway station in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan

34°46′01″N 136°07′29″E / 34.7669°N 136.1248°E / 34.7669; 136.1248Operated by

Iga RailwayLine(s)■ Iga LineDistance3.3 km from Iga-UenoPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedAugust 8, 1916PassengersFY2019107 daily

Location
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Nishi-Ōte Station (西大手駅, Nishi-Ōte-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Iga Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Ōte Station is served by the Iga Line, and is located 3.3 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Iga-Ueno Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platform

■ Iga Line

For Iga-Ueno
For Iga-Kambe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iga Line
Nii		-	Uenoshi

History

Nishi-Ōte Station was opened on August 8, 1916. Through a series of mergers, the Iga Line became part of the Kintetsu network by June 1, 1944, but was spun out as an independent company in October 2007. Freight operations were discontinued from October 1973 and the station has been unattended since March 15, 2000.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 107 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Mie Prefectural Ueno High School
Iga City Suko Junior High School
Asahi Inari Taisha Shrine

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.