Ōta Station (Gunma)
TI18 Ōta Station 太田駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Ōta Station north exit April 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 16-1 Higashi-honchō, Ōta-shi, Gunma-ken 373–0026 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°17′39″N 139°22′44″E / 36.2941°N 139.3790°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 94.7 km from Asakusa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TI-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 February 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 11,705 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ōta Station (太田駅, Ōta-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ōta, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
Lines
[edit]Ōta Station is served by the Tobu Isesaki Line, Tōbu Kiryū Line, and Tobu Koizumi Line, and is 94.7 km from the Tokyo terminus of the Isesaki Line at Asakusa. It is the terminus for the Koizumi Line and Kiryū Line.[1]
Station layout
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The station consists of three elevated island platforms serving six tracks, with the station building located underneath. Platforms 7 and 8 are situated at the western end of platforms 1 and 2, and platforms 9 and 10 are situated at the western end of platforms 3 and 4 respectively.
Platforms
[edit]| Terminating services only | 7 | ■ | Isesaki Line | ■ | 1 | for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa |
| Kizaki, Sakaimachi, and Isesaki | 8 | ■ | Isesaki Line | ■ | 2 | for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa |
| Kizaki, Sakaimachi, Isesaki | 9 | ■ | Isesaki Line Kiryū Line |
■ | 3 | for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa for Shin-kiryū and Akagi (Ltd. Express Ryōmō) |
| Kizaki, Sakaimachi, Isesaki | 10 | ■ | Isesaki Line Kiryū Line |
■ | 4 | for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa for Shin-kiryū and Akagi (Ltd. Express Ryōmō) |
| Koizumi Line | ■ | 5 | for Higashi-Koizumi | |||
| Kiryū Line | ■ | 6 | for Shin-kiryū and Akagi (Local) |
History
[edit]The station opened as a station on the Isesaki Line on 17 February 1909.[1] From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Ōta Station becoming "TI-18".[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11,705 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Mount Kanayama
- Kanayama Castle
- Daikōin Temple
- Takayama Shrine
- Gunma University Ōta campus
- Fuji Heavy Industries (former Nakajima Aircraft Company plant before World War II)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 198–199. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Ōta Station (Gunma) at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobu station information (in Japanese)