Takachaya

Weekday departures: 42/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 42/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:28 / 22:34

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (4)

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:

• Kisei Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Kisei Line: Akogi ⇄ Rokken (Mie)

Takachaya Station opened on 31 December 1893 with the Sangū Railway's initial section between Tsu and Miyagawa, in present-day Tsu, Mie Prefecture. The Sangū Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1907, becoming the Sangu Line of the Japanese Government Railways on 12 October 1909. A reorganisation on 15 July 1959 transferred the Kameyama-Taki segment, including this station, to the Kisei Main Line. Parcel and freight handling were discontinued in March 1985 and November 1986 respectively, and the station passed to JR Central on 1 April 1987 at JNR privatisation. Following the end of contracted operation, it became fully unstaffed on 1 October 2011. TOICA service is scheduled to begin in spring 2027. The original wooden station building, with its tall ceiling, survives.

Although the canonical reading of the station name is "Takachaya," locals commonly call it "Takajaya," and verse 21 of the fifth volume of the railway song Tetsudō Shōka sings it that way as well. The place name comes from a teahouse that stood on high ground along the Sangū (Ise) highway between Tsu and Matsusaka, where Edo-period pilgrims to Ise Grand Shrine broke their journey.