Gifu Station

Gifu Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 396.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo. It is also the terminal station for the Takayama Main Line. Along with Nishi-Gifu Station and Nagamori Station, it is one of the three JR Central stations in the city of Gifu.

The station consists of three elevated island platforms serving six tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Takayama Main Line, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

Track layout

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Nagoya and Okazaki (including limited express Shirasagi for Nagoya) limited express Shinano 9 from Osaka for Nagano extra rapid Moonlight Nagara for Tokyo
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Nagoya and Okazaki (including limited express Hida for Nagoya)
3	■ Takayama Line	for Mino-Ōta and Takayama
	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Nagoya and Okazaki (partly)
4	■ Takayama Line	for Mino-Ōta and Takayama limited express Hida for Mino-Ōta, Takayama and Toyama via the Takayama Line
	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	starting for Nagoya and Okazaki for Ōgaki and Maibara limited express Hida 36 for Ōsaka
5	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Ōgaki and Maibara starting for Nagoya and Okazaki
6	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Ōgaki and Maibara

Gifu Station circa 1919

The station first opened on January 21, 1887, named Kanō Station (加納駅) and was primarily used for the transport of goods. On December 15, 1888, it became a passenger rail station, at which point its name was changed to Gifu Station. On July 22, 1913, the former Aichi Station building, which closed in 1909, was moved to the area that is now the south side of Gifu Station. This station was used until it was burned to the ground during the firebombings of Gifu City in 1945. On April 1, 1987, it became part of JR Central. On November 1, 1986, construction of the elevated rail lines began, with construction ending on March 2, 1996. The station was extensively remodelled in 2008.

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 31,742 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

• Meitetsu Gifu Station
• National Route 157

On the north side of JR Gifu Station are bus boarding platforms for all of the bus lines belonging to Gifu Bus, Co., Ltd. There are 15 bus boarding platforms in all, with 12 serving bus lines to different parts of Gifu and its surrounding municipalities. The first two platforms are only for alighting and the last one is currently not being used.[3]

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• Official website (in Japanese)