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, operated by the

Tōkai Transport Service Company , abbreviated as "TKJ", is a railway operating company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially ab ...

(TKJ).

Lines

Otai Station is served by the TKJ Jōhoku Line, and is located 6.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has one elevated

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 ...

with the station building underneath. The station building has automated

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s and is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Otai Station was opened on December 1, 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 177 passengers daily

Surrounding area

Kami-Otai Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is built over Route 302 and under the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, and it is a ten-minute walk from Otai Station on the Jōhoku Line. This station was opened on ...

*Yamada Elementary School *Yamada Junior High School

References

External links

{{Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1991 Railway stations in Nagoya