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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 ( ...
in the city of Takayama,
Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...
, Japan, 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 Central).


Lines

Takayama Station is served by the JR Central
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 ( ...
, and is located 136.4 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .


Station layout

→:for Hida-Ichinomiya
←:for Hozue
Takayama Station has one ground-level
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and one ground-level
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 ...
connected by a footbridge. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...
'' staffed ticket office. The ticket gates are located on the side platform.


Platforms


Adjacent stations


History

Takayama Station opened on October 25, 1934. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon 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 April 1, 1987.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).


Surrounding area

*Takayama City Hall


Takayama Nouhi Bus Center

The Takayama Nouhi Bus Center is located next to this station.


Local buses

* For
Shirakawa-gō is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as '' gasshō-zukuri''. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toya ...
* For Hirayu Onsen, Shinhotaka * ''Sarubobo Bus''; For Hida no Sato, Matsuri no Mori * ''Machinami Bus''; For Sakurayama Hachimagu Shrine, Betsuin Temple, Sanmachi-Dori (Loop)


Long-distance buses

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Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...
* ''Hida Takayama''; For
Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...
* For
Meitetsu Gifu Station is a railway station located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. It is one of the two major railway stations of the city along with JR Gifu Station. Lines Meitetsu Gifu Station is th ...
* For
Shirakawa-gō is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as '' gasshō-zukuri''. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toya ...
,
Toyama Station is a railway station in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Toyama. , the local railway terminal that provides access to nearby towns (Funahashi, ...
* For
Shirakawa-gō is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as '' gasshō-zukuri''. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toya ...
,
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* For
Matsumoto Bus Terminal Matsumoto Bus Terminal (松本バスターミナル, ''Matsumoto Basu Tāminaru'') is a bus terminal to the east of Matsumoto Station in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, managed by Alpico Kōtsū. Outline This bus terminal is on the ground floor of " ...
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) * For
Kyoto Station Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city ...
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Osaka Station is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...
, and
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( Osaka City Air Terminal


See also

*
List of Railway Stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...


References


External links

{{Takayama Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture Takayama Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Takayama, Gifu