Mino-Ōta Station

Mino-Ōta Station (美濃太田駅) 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.

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.

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.

Surrounding area

 * Minokamo City Hall
 * Kiso River
 * Kiso River
 * Kiso River
 * Kiso River