Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station - History

History

The station was originally opened as Suwa Station (諏訪駅, Suwa-eki?) and was a junction of the three lines which Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station presently serves; provided that the two branch lines were operated by Mie Transport. In 1956 when Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) rerouted the Nagoya Line and closed its station by JNR's Yokkaichi Station, Suwa Station of Kintetsu and Mie Transport was moved and renamed as Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi Station. The station was again renamed in 1970 to the present name.

• 1913-05-16 Mie tramway Suwa - Minami-Hamada opened.
• 1913-09-24 Yokkaichi Railway Suwa - Ise-Kawashima opened.
• 1915-12-25 Mie tramway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-03-03 Yokkaichi Railway Yokkaichi - Suwa opened.
• 1916-07-19 Mie tramway was inherited by Mie Railway.
• 1922-03-01 Ise Railway Miyamado - Shin-Yokkaichi open.
• 1929-01-30 Ise Electric Railway Kuwana - Yokkaichi and Suwa stn. opened.
• 1931-03-01 Yokkaichi Railway and Mie Railway merge to Mie Railway.
• 1936-09-15 Sangu Express Railway mergeed Ise Electric railway.
• 1941-03-15 Osaka Electric Tramway merged Sangu Express Railway and Osaka Electric Tramway was changed to Kansai Express Railway.
• 1944-02-11 Mie railway and other 6 companies mergetd to Mie Transport.
• 1944-06-01 Kansai Express Railway was changed to Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu).
• 1956-09-23 Kintetsu Line moved to new line. Yokkaichi Station of Kintetsu near JNR Yokkaichi Station was closed. Suwa Station was moved and its name was changed to Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi.
• 1964-02-01 Mie Transport transferred its railway business to Mie Electric Railway.
• 1965-04-01 Kinki Nippon Railway merged Mie Electric Railway.
• 1970-03-01 Kinki Nippon Yokkaichi was changed to Kintetsu Yokkaichi.
• 1973 Nagoya Line and Yunoyama Line were elevated.
• 1974-06-29 Utsube Line Yokkaichi Station was moved.