Tsuge Station

Tsuge Station is a junction passenger railway station of the West Japan Railway Company located in the city of Iga, Mie, Japan.

Lines

Tsuge Station is served by the Kansai Main Line and is located 79.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station and 20.0 rail kilometers from Kameyama Station. It is also terminus of the Kusatsu Line and is 36.7 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at Kusatsu Station.

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform with three tracks on the ground level, connected by a footbridge.

Tsuge Station was opened on February 18, 1890 with the extension of the Kansai Railway from Mikumo Station, making it the oldest station within Mie Prefecture. The Kansai Railway was extended to Yokkaichi Station on December 25, 1890 and to Ueno Station on January 15, 1897. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Imperial Government Railways, which became Japan National Railways after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from August 1, 1972. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR-West.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 308 passengers daily.

The old Iga Kaido highway and its post town remain to the south of the station, but there is no urban area around the station itself.