Mino-Ōta Station

CG07 CI00 Mino-Ōta Station 美濃太田駅
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 / 35.4456553; 137.0193923
Operated by	JR Central Nagaragawa Railway
Line(s)	Takayama Main Line Taita Line ■ Etsumi-Nan Line
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; 106 years ago (1918-12-28)
Rebuilt	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Passengers
FY2016	2,776 daily (JR) + 416 (Nagaragawa Railway)
Location Mino-Ōta Station Location within Gifu Prefecture Show map of Gifu Prefecture Mino-Ōta Station Mino-Ōta Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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.

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	»
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

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

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.