Tamaru Station

Tamaru Station 田丸駅
File:Tamaru Station 20100721.jpg Tamaru Station
Location	80 Sada, Tamaki, Watarai, Mie （三重県度会郡玉城町佐田80） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Sangū Line
History
Opened	1893
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)	567 daily

Tamaru Station (田丸駅, Tamaru-eki) is a railway station in Tamaki, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 7.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Sangū Line at Taki Station.

History

Tamaru Station opened on December 31, 1893, as a station on the privately owned Sangū Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The current station building was completed in 1912. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since October 1, 2012.

Lines

• JR Central
  • Sangū Line

Station layout

Tamaru Station consists of two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Sangū Line	For Iseshi For Toba
2	■ Sangū Line	for Matsusaka and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Sangū Line
Tokida		Local		Miyagawa
Taki		Rapid "Mie" 4 for Nagoya		Miyagawa
Tokida		Rapid "Mie" 2 for Nagoya Rapid "Mie" 19, 21, 23, 25 for Iseshi		Miyagawa

Surrounding area

• Old site of Tamaru Castle
• Tamaki Town Hall