Mino-Ōta Station

{{short description|Railway station in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRCSN|CG|07|size=50}} {{JRCSN|CI|00|size=50}}
Mino-Ōta Station

| native_name = 美濃太田駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| style = JR Central

| image = JR Mino-ōta South.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Mino-Ōta Station in February 2019

| other_name =

| address = Ōta-machi, Minokamo-shi, Gifu-ken 505-0041

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35.4456553|137.0193923|display=inline, title|type:railwaystation}}

| operator = {{Plainlist|

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| line = {{Plainlist|

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| distance = 37.3 km from {{STN|Gifu|x}}

| platforms = 2 island + 1 side platform

| tracks = 5

| connections =

| structure = elevated

| code = CG07, CI00

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| website =

| opened = {{Start date and age|1918|12|28|br=y}}

| rebuilt = {{Start date and age|1998}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 2,776 daily (JR) + 416 (Nagaragawa Railway)

| pass_year = FY2016

| map_type = Japan Gifu Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Mino-Ōta Station

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{{nihongo|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 {{STN|Gifu|x}}. 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=

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{{ja-rail-line|name= Taita Line|linecol=orange|dir= for {{STN|Kani|x}} and {{STN|Tajimi|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3, 4|span=2|name= Takayama Main Line|linecol=#f77321|dir= for {{STN|Gero|x}} and {{STN|Takayama|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|name= Taita Line|first=|linecol=orange|dir= for {{STN|Kani|x}} and {{STN|Tajimi|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=none|first=3|name=Etsumi-Nan Line|linecol=Blue|dir= for {{STN|Hokunō|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

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{{J-rserv|service=Local|previous={{STN|Sakahogi|x}}|next={{STN|Kobi|x}}|col=gray}}

{{J-rserv|service=Limited Express Hida|previous={{STN|Unuma|x}} or {{STN|Gifu|x}}|next={{STN|Shirakawaguchi|x}} or {{STN|Hida-Kanayama|x}}|col=red}}

{{J-rserv|service=Local|previous=|next={{STN|Maehira-Kōen|x}}|col=gray}}

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|date=December 2017}}

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.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します |trans-title=Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations |url=https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 |trans-title=JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines |url=https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/kensei/tokei/tokei-joho/11111/tokeisyo-youran/gifuken-tokeisho/H28.data/H28-11unyutuusin.pdf|script-title=ja: 岐阜県統計書（平成２８年）|trans-title= Gifu Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2016)|year= 2017|publisher= Gifu Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 October 2017}}