is a railway station on the

Takayama Main Line The is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line directly links the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area ( ...

close to the city of Toyama,

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, Japan, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is the boundary for the two railway companies. Therefore, JR Central crews working on Toyama-bound "Hida" Limited Express services will get off here and JR West crews will take over the remaining journey. JR West crews working on Nagoya or Ōsaka-bound "Hida" Limited Express services will get off here and JR Central crews will take over the remaining journey.

Lines

Inotani Station is served by the

and is located 189.2 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 27 November 1930. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Surrounding area

Jinzū River The is a river that flows from Gifu Prefecture to Toyama Prefecture in Japan. It is called Miya River (宮川 ''Miya-gawa'') in Gifu. It is in length and has a watershed of . Geography The river flows from Mount Kaore in Gifu and meets the Tak ...

* National Route 41

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Takayama Main Line {{Toyama-railstation-stub