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.

CG07 CI00
Mino-Ōta Station

美濃太田駅
Mino-Ōta Station in September 2008
General information
LocationŌta-machi, Minokamo-shi, Gifu-ken 505-0041
Japan
Coordinates35°26′44″N 137°01′10″E / 35.4456553°N 137.0193923°E / 35.4456553; 137.0193923
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance37.3 km from Gifu
Platforms2 island + 1 side platform
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeelevated
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeCG07, CI00
History
OpenedDecember 28, 1918
Rebuilt1998
Passengers
FY20162,776 daily (JR) + 416 (Nagaragawa Railway)
Location
Mino-Ōta Station is located in Gifu Prefecture
Mino-Ōta Station
Mino-Ōta Station
Location within Gifu Prefecture
Mino-Ōta Station is located in Japan
Mino-Ōta Station
Mino-Ōta Station
Mino-Ōta Station (Japan)

Lines edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

« Service »
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ 岐阜県統計書(平成28年) [Gifu Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Gifu Prefecture. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.