The Kintetsu Yamada Line (近鉄山田線, Kintetsu Yamada-sen?) is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu, connecting Ise-Nakagawa Station (Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture) and Ujiyamada Station (Ise, Mie Prefecture) in Japan. The line runs parallel to parts of the JR Central Kisei Main Line and Sangū Line.
The line connects with the Toba Line at Ujiyamada Station. The Yamada Line, Toba Line, and Shima Line form a single train line that begins at Ise-Nakagawa Station and serves the Ise-Shima tourist region.
In 1941 when the line received its name, the city of Ise was called Ujiyamada and was actually a merger of two towns formerly called Uji and Yamada. The heart of the old town of Yamada was near modern-day Ujiyamada Station, the terminus, and thus the line was named the "Yamada Line".
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