History
Isuzugaoka Station is an unstaffed JR Central Sangū Line station in Kurose-chō, Ise, Mie. It opened on 1 April 1963 as a new passenger-only stop between Ise-shi and Futami-ura on the then-JNR Sangū Line, built with the cost shouldered entirely by local-bond financing taken on by the host community. It became a JR Central station with the 1 April 1987 JNR privatisation. Use of the TOICA IC card is planned to begin in spring 2027. The station consists of a single side platform with no station building, only a waiting shelter on the platform.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Isuzugaoka was built in 1963 with the entire construction cost funded by 'riyō-sai' use-bonds taken on by the local community — a now-rare financing arrangement that placed the construction risk on the riders rather than the railway.