Kushida Station

Kushida Station (櫛田駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of  Matsusaka,  Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines
Kushida Station is served by the Yamada Line and is located 13.9 kilometers from the line's terminus at Ise-Nakagawa Station.

Station layout
The station consists of two side platforms and four tracks. Local trains use side tracks (Tracks 1 and 4). Through trains which do not stop at this station use center tracks (Tracks 2 and 3).. The station is staffed.

History
Kushida Station opened on March 27, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway. On March 15, 1941, the line merged with Osaka Electric Railway to become a station on Kansai Kyuko Railway's Yamada Line. This line in turn was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu. A new station building was completed in March 1992.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 672 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Kushida River
 * Kushida Shrine
 * Mie Prefectural Matsusaka Commercial High School