Otōbashi Station

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRCSN|CA|67|size=50}}
Otōbashi Station

| native_name = 尾頭橋駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JR Central Otōbashi Station building.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Otōbashi Station in November 2022

| other_name =

| style = JR Central

| address = 4-14-1 Otōbashi, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 454-0012

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35.14704|136.891|format=dms|display=inline ,title|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}

| operator = 20px JR Central

| line = 18px Tokaido Main Line

| distance = 363.6 kilometers from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure = Elevated

| code = CA67

| accessible = Yes

| status = Staffed

| website = {{Official website|1=https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/tokai/otobashi/}}

| opened = March 16, 1995

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 7,756 daily{{cite web |author= |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://company.jr-central.co.jp/others/barrier-free/_pdf/2023-02.pdf |publisher=JR Central |language=ja |access-date=17 March 2025}}

| pass_year = 2023–2024

| map_type = Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Otōbashi Station

}}

{{nihongo|Otōbashi Station|尾頭橋駅|Otōbashi-eki}} is an infill railway station in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).{{Cite web |url=http://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/tokai/otobashi/index.html |script-title=ja:尾頭橋駅 |trans-title=Otōbashi Station |language=ja |publisher=JR Central |access-date=3 December 2010}}

Lines

Otōbashi Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 363.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has one curved island platform with the station building underneath. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.{{Cite web |url=http://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/tokai/atsuta/map.html |script-title=ja:熱田駅 |trans-title=Atsuta Station |language=ja |publisher=JR Central |access-date=3 December 2010}}

=Platforms=

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{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Tōkaidō Main Line|linecol=orange|dir=for {{STN|Nagoya|x}} and {{STN|Ōgaki|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Otōbashi Station was opened on 16 March 1995 on the site of a former freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Otōbashi Station was assigned station number CA67.{{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 2017, the station was used by an average of 3,504 passengers daily{{cite web |url= http://www.city.nagoya.jp/somu/page/0000112287.html|script-title=ja: 平成30年版名古屋市統計年鑑　11.運輸・通信|year= 2019|publisher= Nagoya City|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 25 October 2019}}