History
Anagawa opened on 23 July 1929 with the Shima Electric Railway's first section from Toba to Shinjukō (now abolished). The wartime amalgamation of six companies put the line under Mie Kōtsū Shima Line on 11 February 1944. It passed to Mie Electric Railway when the rail business was hived off on 1 February 1964 and to Kintetsu on 1 April 1965. The line was closed on 10 December 1969 for re-gauging to standard gauge, with bus replacement, and reopened on 1 March 1970; the station itself was moved 0.3 km closer to Kashikojima at the same time. It was relocated and elevated onto a new alignment on 1 June 1993 when the Shima-Iso-be–Ugata section was double-tracked, and PiTaPa contactless ticketing entered service on 24 June 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Until 1985 a sea route operated by Kintetsu Shima Sightseeing Steamship ran from a pier next to the station, connecting Anagawa to Matoya, Sangasho and Watakano-jima Island.