Iseshi

Weekday departures: 190/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 192/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:22 / 24:03 (00:03 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 19:00–20:00 (14)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Kintetsu Yamada Line: one direction only
• Sangu Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Kintetsu Yamada Line: Miyamachi ⇄ Ujiyamada
• Sangu Line: Isuzugaoka ⇄ Yamada-Kamiguchi

Iseshi Station has long served as the principal station of present-day Ise City (formerly Uji-Yamada City) and as a gateway for visitors to Ise Grand Shrine; it is a station jointly used by JR Central and Kintetsu (Kinki Nippon Railway). Its former name was Yamada Station, taken from the place name Yamada, referring to the shrine town in front of the torii of Ise Grand Shrine's outer shrine (Gekū). Before the Kintetsu Toba Line opened in 1970, the station functioned mainly as a transfer point from Kintetsu toward Futami and Toba. From 1905 to 1961, the Mie Kōtsū Shinto Line tram departed from in front of the station, connecting to the outer and inner shrines of Ise Grand Shrine and to Futaminoura. Today the station is used mainly by commuters and students, worshippers visiting the outer shrine located south of the station, and passengers transferring between the JR and Kintetsu lines.

Until the 1990s the area around the station was lined with shopping facilities such as the Jusco Ise store, the Sankō department store, and the Ise Takayanagi and Ise Ginza Shindō shopping streets, and it was especially crowded at year-end and New Year with people stocking up on provisions and making their first shrine visit from neighboring cities and towns; after large suburban stores moved in, however, those large stores closed and foot traffic in front of the station has become sparse.