Kuwana Station (桑名駅, Kuwana-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai), and they private railway operator Kintetsu Railway and its subsidiary Yōrō Railway. Sangi Railway's Nishi-Kuwana Station is next to the station.

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CJ07 Kuwana Station 桑名駅
Kuwana Station, West Exit
General information
Location	135 Higashikata, Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken 511-0811 Japan
Coordinates	35°4′3.1″N 136°40′59.2″E
Operated by	JR Tōkai Kintetsu Railway Yōrō Railway
Line(s)	■ Kansai Main Line Nagoya Line ■ Yōrō Line
Distance	23.8 km from Nagoya
Platforms	3 island + 1 side platforms
Other information
Station code	CJ07, E13
History
Opened	July 5, 1894
Passengers
FY2019	3,521 (JR) 12,360(Kintetsu) 2,228 (Yōrō) daily
Location Kuwana Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Kuwana Station Kuwana Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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Kuwana Station is served by the JR Kansai Main Line, and is 23.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Nagoya Station. It is also served by the Kintetsu Nagoya Line and is 23.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. It is also a terminal station for the Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line, and is 57.5 kilometers from the opposing terminal of that line at Ibi Station.

The station consists of a single island platform and a side platform serving the 3 tracks used by JR Central. There are an additional two island platforms with 4 tracks for use by the Kintetsu and Yōrō Railway.

Kuwana Station opened on July 5, 1894 as a station on the privately-owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) network. The Yōrō Railway began operations to Kuwana Station on April 27, 1919. The Ise Electric Railway (later known as the Kintetsu Nagoya Line) began operations on January 30, 1929.^[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from 1982.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kuwana Station was assigned station number CI07.^[2][3]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3,521 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Kintetsu portion of the station was used by 12,360 passengers and the Yōrō Railway portion by 2,228 passengers daily.^[4]

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