is a railway station in the city of Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Ōbu Station is served by the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parall ...

, and is located 346.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Tokyo Station Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...

. It is also a terminus of the Taketoyo Line and is 14.3 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the station at .

Station layout

The station has a single

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and two

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s, serving five tracks, although Platform 5 is not in normal use. The platforms are connected by footbridges. The station building has automated

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s, TOICA automated

turnstile A turnstile (also called a turnpike, gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a ...

s and a staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Ōbu Station was opened on 10 September 1887 when the section of the

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connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. The line north to , as well as the present-day Taketoyo Line, was in operation since the year before, but there was no station in Ōbu. The station building was rebuilt in 1978. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 14,753 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Ōbu City Hall * Ōbu Elementary School * University of Human Environments, Ōbu campus

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

official home page
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