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Meitetsu Gifu Station
名鉄岐阜駅

Meitetsu Gifu Station, 2021

General information

Location

9-1 Kanda-cho, Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken 500-8833
Japan

Coordinates

35°24′40″N 136°45′36″E / 35.411158°N 136.759918°E / 35.411158; 136.759918

Operated by

Meitetsu

Line(s)

■ Nagoya Main Line
■ Kakamigahara Line

Distance

99.8 km from Toyohashi

Platforms

3 island platforms

Other information

Status

Staffed

Station code

NH60

Website

Official website (in Japanese)

History

Opened

February 11, 1911

Previous names

Shin-Gifu (until 2005)

Passengers

2015

17,413 daily

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Meitetsu Ichinomiya towards Central Japan International Airport	Nagoya Main LineμSky	Terminus
Kasamatsu towards Toyohashi	Nagoya Main LineRapid Limited ExpressLimited ExpressExpress
Kasamatsu towards Central Japan International Airport	Nagoya Main LineRapid Express
Kasamatsu towards Ina	Nagoya Main LineSemi-Express
Kanō towards Ina	Nagoya Main LineLocal
Kiridōshi towards Shin Unuma	Kakamigahara LineRapid ExpressExpress
Tagami towards Shin Unuma	Kakamigahara LineLocal

Meitetsu Gifu Station (名鉄岐阜駅, Meitetsu Gifu-eki) 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 the terminal station for the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, and is 99.8 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Toyohashi. It is also a terminus for the 17.6 kilometer Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line.

Station layout

Meitetsu Gifu Station has three island platform arranged in a "V"-shape. Platforms 1-4 are elevated, and serve the Nagoya Main Line, and also onward service for trains of the Meitetsu Takehana Line and Meitetsu Hashima Line. Platforms 5-6 is on the ground-level, and serves the Kakamigahara Line and onward service for trains of the Meitetsu Inuyama Line.

1–4	■ Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu Nagoya, Toyohashi, and Central Japan International Airport
5/6	■ Kakamigahara Line	For Mikakino, Shin-Unuma, and Inuyama

History

The rail line originally opened on February 11, 1911, as the Nagazumi-cho Station; at the time, it was operated by the Mino Electric Railroad, Co. On December 26, 1914, Shin-Gifu Station (the present-day station) on the Mino Electric Railroad's Kasamatsu Line (present day Nagoya Line) began operations. Service was again expanded on December 28, 1928, when the Kakamigahara Railroad (present day Kakamigahara Line) began operating from the Nagazumi-cho Station.

April 18, 1948: Shin-Gifu Station of the Meigi Line (present day Nagoya Line) merged with Nagazumi-cho Station of the Kakamigahara Line. The Nagazumi-cho Station was renamed the Shin-Gifu Eki-mae Station as part of the Inner Gifu City Line.
June 25, 1970: The Kanda Line opened, allowing trains from the Mino-machi Line to run on it.
1988: Platforms for Tracks 3 and 4 were extended, increasing their capacity from four to eight cars.
January 1, 2005: The station was renamed Meitetsu Gifu Station.
April 1, 2005: Track 7 and the Shin-Gifu Eki-mae Station were closed.
January 29, 2005: The station was renamed from Shin-Gifu Station (新岐阜駅, Shin-Gifu-eki) when the new Rapid Limited Express service to Chūbu Centrair International Airport was introduced.
July 14, 2007: The new entrance to the station was completed.

External links

Media related to Meitetsu Gifu Station at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Toyohashi (Hirai Jct.) Ina Odabuchi Kō Goyu Meiden Akasaka Meiden Nagasawa Motojuku Meiden Yamanaka Fujikawa Miai Otogawa Higashi Okazaki Okazakikōen-mae Yahagibashi Utō Shin Anjō Ushida Chiryū Hitotsugi Fujimatsu Toyoake Zengo Chūkyō-keibajō-mae Arimatsu Sakyōyama Narumi Moto Hoshizaki Moto Kasadera Sakura Yobitsugi Horita Jingū-mae Kanayama Sannō Meitetsu Nagoya Sakō Higashi-Biwajima (Biwajima Jct.) Nishi-Biwajima Futatsuiri Shinkawabashi Sukaguchi Marunouchi Shin-Kiyosu Ōsato Okuda Kōnomiya Shima-Ujinaga Myōkōji Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Imaise Iwato Shin-Kisogawa Kuroda Kisogawazutsumi Kasamatsu Ginan Chajo Kanō Meitetsu Gifu

Stations of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

v t e Stations of the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line
Meitetsu Gifu (~~Arata~~) Tagami Hosobata Kiridōshi Tejikara Takadabashi Shin Kanō Shin Naka Shiminkōen-mae Kakamigahara-Shiyakusho-mae Rokken Mikakino Nijikken Meiden Kakamigahara (~~Keibajōmae~~) Ogase Haba Unumajuku Shin-Unuma

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Meitetsu	Nagoya Toyokawa Mikawa Toyota Nishio/Gamagōri Tokoname/Airport Chikkō Kōwa Chita Tsushima Bisai Takehana/Hashima Inuyama Hiromi Kakamigahara Komaki Seto
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