History
Shima-Akasaki Station opened on 25 July 1949 in present-day Toba, Mie Prefecture, as a stop on the Mie Kōtsū railway, with a passing loop added the following September. Mie Kōtsū's rail business was hived off on 1 February 1964, making the station part of Mie Electric Railway, which was absorbed into Kintetsu on 1 April 1965. Service was suspended for narrow-to-standard gauge conversion in late 1969 and resumed on 1 March 1970. The station became unstaffed on 1 November 2011, and PiTaPa was introduced from 1 April 2014. Two opposed side platforms (each two cars long) still allow limited-express crossings on the line's only remaining single-track stretch, with an unusual eight-car passing loop.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Although its passenger platforms only fit two cars, the passing loop is laid out for eight, allowing limited-express crossings on the line's last single-track section.