Sekigahara Station

Location
	Sekigahara Station Location within Gifu Prefecture Sekigahara Station Sekigahara Station (Japan)

CA79
Sekigahara Station

関ヶ原駅
CA79; Sekigahara Station; 関ヶ原駅
	Sekigahara Station in November 2022
General information
Location	Sekigahara, Sekigahara-cho, Fuwa-gun, Gifu-ken 503-1501; Japan
Coordinates	35°21′49″N 136°28′15″E / 35.3636985°N 136.4707732°E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Distance	423.8 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	May 1, 1883
Passengers
FY2016	1005
Location
Location
	Sekigahara Station Location within Gifu Prefecture Sekigahara Station Sekigahara Station (Japan)

Sekigahara Station (関ヶ原駅, Sekigahara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Sekigahara, Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Sekigahara Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Line, and is located 423.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.

Station layout

Sekigagara Station has two ground-level island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Line	for Maibara and Kyōto
2	■ Tōkaidō Line	starting Sekigahara for Ōgaki and Nagoya
3	■ Tōkaidō Line	(passing trains only)
4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Ōgaki and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Tarui	Special Rapid	Kashiwabara
Tarui	New Rapid	Kashiwabara
Tarui	Rapid	Kashiwabara
Tarui	Sectional Rapid	Kashiwabara
Tarui	Local	Kashiwabara

History

Sekigahara Station opened on May 1, 1883. The station was absorbed into the JR Tōkai network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated by JR Central in March 2018; Sekigahara Station was assigned station number CA79.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1005 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Sekigahara Town Hall
site of the Battle of Sekigahara
National Route 21
National Route 365

References

^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ 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

Media related to Sekigahara Station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[2] "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[Gifu2016stats-3] 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.

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