is a

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in the town of

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Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

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, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Tadachi Station is served by the JR Tōkai

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

, and is located 304.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at and 92.6 kilometers from .

Layout

The station has two opposed ground-level

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s connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Tadachi Station began as "Tadachi Signal Stop" on 3 December 1929. It was elevated to a full passenger station on 1 September 1948. On 25 May 1973, the station was relocated to its present address, 150 meters in the direction of Sakashita Station from its original location. On 1 April 1987, it became part of JR Tōkai.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 524 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Tadachi Post Office *

Kiso River The is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005) ...

References

{{Chūō West Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1948 Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line Nagiso, Nagano