Mino-Ōta Station Explained


Mino-Ōta Station
Native Name:美濃太田駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR Central
Address:Ōta-machi, Minokamo-shi, Gifu-ken 505-0041
Country:Japan
Distance:37.3 km from
Platforms:2 island + 1 side platform
Tracks:5
Structure:elevated
Code:CG07, CI00
Status:Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Passengers:2,776 daily (JR) + 416 (Nagaragawa Railway)
Pass Year:FY2016
Map Type:Japan Gifu Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Mino-Ōta Station

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.

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 . 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

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.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 December 2017 . 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf . 18 January 2023 . 27 February 2023 . jr-central.co.jp . ja.
  2. Web site: 14 December 2017 . 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html . 1 November 2020 . 28 February 2023 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
  3. Web site: http://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/kensei/tokei/tokei-joho/11111/tokeisyo-youran/gifuken-tokeisho/H28.data/H28-11unyutuusin.pdf. ja: 岐阜県統計書(平成28年). Gifu Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2016). 2017. Gifu Prefecture. Japan. Japanese. 11 October 2017.