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Kani Station (可児駅, Kani-eki) is a railway station on the Taita Line in the city of Kani, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
CI02 Kani Station 可児駅 | |
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General information | |
Location | Nemoto-cho 3-chome, Kani-shi, Gifu-ken 509-0203 Japan |
Coordinates | 35°25′22″N 137°03′20″E / 35.4227°N 137.0555°E |
Operated by | JR Central |
Line(s) | Taita Line |
Distance | 12.8 km from Tajimi |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Station code | CI02 |
History | |
Opened | December 28, 1918 |
Previous names | Hiromi (to 1982) |
Passengers | |
FY2015 | 1485 daily |
Location | |
Lines edit
Kani Station is served by the Taita Line, and is located 12.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tajimi.
Station layout edit
Kani Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms edit
1 | ■ Taita Line | For Tajimi |
2 | ■ Taita Line | For Mino-Ōta, Unuma, and Gifu |
Adjacent stations edit
« | Service | » | ||
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JR Central | ||||
Taita Line | ||||
Shimogiri | Local | Mino-Kawai |
History edit
Kani Station opened on December 28, 1918 as Hiromi Station (広見駅) station on the Tōnō Railway. It was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR Tōkai network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,485 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area edit
- Kani City Hall
- Kani Post Office
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 岐阜県統計書(平成28年) [Gifu Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Gifu Prefecture. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
External links edit
Media related to Kani Station at Wikimedia Commons