is a passenger

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located in the city of

Minoh is a city in northwestern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its name is commonly romanized as "Minō" or "Minoo"; however, the city government officially uses the spelling Minoh in English. As of October 2016, the city has an estimated population of 134 ...

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

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. It is operated by the private transportation company

Hankyu Railway , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

Lines

Minoo Station is a

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of the

Hankyu Minoo Line , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

, and is located 4.0 kilometers from the

of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of two

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Platforms

Adjacent station

History

Minoh Station opened on 10 March 1910 as . It was renamed to its present name sometime between 1931 and 1932. Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-59.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 17,149 passengers daily大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年）
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Surrounding area

* Meiji-no-Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park - About 2.7 kilometers (about 40 minutes on foot) to Minoh Falls,

References

External links

Minoh Station (Hankyu Railway)
{{Hankyu Minoo Line Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910 Stations of Hankyu Railway Minoh