is a

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located in the city of Kakamigahara,

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, operated by the

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operator Meitetsu. This station and JR Central

Unuma Station is a railway station on the Takayama Main Line in the city of Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Lines Unuma Station is served by the JR Central Takayama Main Line, and is located 17.3 ...

are connected with a passageway.

Lines

Shin-Unuma Station is a terminal station on the Kakamigahara Line, and is located 17.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at . It is also a station on the

Inuyama Line The is a 26.8 km Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu. Together with the Kakamigahara Lin ...

, and is located 25.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . The station also offers express service to

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, using Meitetsu 2000 series trains on the Meitetsu μSky service.

Station layout

Shin-Unuma Station has two

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s and one

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connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

, - !colspan=5, Nagoya Railroad

History

Shin-Unuma Station opened on 1 October 1926.

Surrounding area

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) ...

External links

* {{Meitetsu Inuyama Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture