Kintetsu Nagashima Station

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Kintetsu-Nagashima Station (近鉄長島駅) is a passenger rail station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Kintetsu Railway and sits on the Nagoya Line, 19.5 kilometers from the line’s starting point at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. The station has two side platforms connected by a level crossing, and its station code is E12.

History:
- Opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu-Nagashima Station on the Kansai Express Electric Railway.
- Renamed Sangu-Nagashima Station after a merger in 1940.
- After another merger, it was renamed back to Kankyu-Nagashima.
- In 1944, the line became part of Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu) and the station was renamed Kinki Nippon Nagashima.
- The name was shortened to Kintetsu-Nagashima in March 1970.

Passenger use:
- In fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,665 boarding passengers daily.