is a

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located in the city of

Kakamigahara is a city located in southern Gifu Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 148,225, and a population density of 1700 persons per km2, in 59,736 households. The total area of the city was . Situated in the northern part o ...

Gifu Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...

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, operated by the

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operator

Meitetsu , publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the '' Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of w ...

. 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 with station in Kakamigahara. Together with the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line, the line f ...

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

Chubu Centrair International Airport is an international airport on an artificial island (which also houses the ) in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan. The airport covers about 470 hectares (1,161 acres) of land and has one runway. ...

, using

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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

History

Shin Unuma Station opened on 1 October 1926.

Surrounding area

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References

External links

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