Ōta Station (Gunma)

Ōta Station
太田駅
Elevated station building
Location
Prefecture Gunma
(See other stations in Gunma)
City Ōta
Neighborhood etc. 16-1 Higashi-honchō
Postal code373-0026
(in Japanese)太田市東本町16-1
History
Year opened 1909
Rail services
Station number(s) Ti-18
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Isesaki Line, Tobu Kiryu Line, Tobu Koizumi Line

Ōta Station (太田駅 Ōta-eki) is a railway station in Ōta, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Ōta Station is served by the Tobu Isesaki Line, Tobu Kiryu Line, and Tobu Koizumi Line, and is 94.7 km from the Tokyo terminus of the Isesaki Line at Asakusa.[1]

Station layout

Platforms

The station consists of three island platforms serving six tracks. 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

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, Asakusa
for Shin-kiryū and Akagi (Ltd. Express Ryōmō)
      Koizumi Line ■ 5 for Higashi-Koizumi
      Kiryū Line ■ 6 for Shin-kiryū and Akagi (Local)

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Isesaki Line (TI-18)
Ashikagashi (TI-15)   Limited Express Ryōmō   Yabuzuka (Kiryu Line)
Kizaki (TI-20) (Isesaki Line)
Niragawa (TI-17)   Section Express   Terminus
Niragawa (TI-17)   Section Semi-Express   Terminus
Niragawa (TI-17)   Local   Hosoya (TI-19)
Tobu Kiryu Line
Terminus   Local   Sammaibashi
Tobu Koizumi Line
Terminus   Local   Ryūmai

History

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]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ 「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.

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Coordinates: 36°17′39″N 139°22′44″E / 36.2941°N 139.3790°E