Mino-Ōta Station
Railway station in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Mino-Ōta Station (美濃太田駅, Mino-Ōta-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the third-sector railway operator Nagaragawa Railway.
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CG07 CI00 Mino-Ōta Station 美濃太田駅 | |||||
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 Mino-Ōta Station in February 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ōta-machi, Minokamo-shi, Gifu-ken 505-0041 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35.4456553°N 137.0193923°E | ||||
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| Lines | |||||
| Distance | 37.3 km from Gifu | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island + 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | elevated | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||
| Station code | CG07, CI00 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | December 28, 1918 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1998 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 2,776 daily (JR) + 416 (Nagaragawa Railway) | ||||
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Lines
Mino-Ōta Station is served by the JR Central Takayama Main Line, and is located 37.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Gifu. It is also a terminal station for the JR central Taita Line and the Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line.
Station layout
Mino-Ōta Station has two ground-level island platforms with an elevated station building and a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office serving the JR Central portion of the station. The Nagaragawa Railway portion of the station has a single unnumbered ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track.
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ Takayama Main Line | for Gifu and Nagoya |
| ■ Taita Line | for Kani and Tajimi | |
| 3, 4 | ■ Takayama Main Line | for Gero and Takayama |
| ■ Taita Line | for Kani and Tajimi | |
| none | ■ Etsumi-Nan Line | for Hokunō |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Taita Line | ||||
| Mino-Kawai | Local | Terminus | ||
| Takayama Main Line | ||||
| Sakahogi | Local | Kobi | ||
| Unuma or Gifu | Limited Express Hida | Shirakawaguchi or Hida-Kanayama | ||
| Etsumi-Nan Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Maehira-Kōen | ||
History
Mino-Ōta Station opened on November 12, 1921. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 1998.[citation needed]
Station numbering was introduced to the Taita Line and Takayama Main Line in March 2018; Mino-Ōta Station was assigned station numbers CI00 for the Taita Line and CG07 for the Takayayama Main Line.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2,446 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Nagaragawa Railway portion of the station was used by 416 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Minokamo City Hall
National Route 21
National Route 41
National Route 248- Kiso River
