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 Code	373-0026
(in Japanese)	太田市東本町16-1
History
Year opened	1909
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Isesaki Line, Tōbu Kiryū Line, Tōbu Koizumi Line
Statistics	9,636 passengers/day

Ōta Station (太田駅, Ōta eki^?) is a railway station in Ōta, Gunma, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.

Lines

Ōta Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line, Tōbu Kiryū Line, and Tōbu 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

(Not used)	7	■	Isesaki Line	■	1	for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa
Kizaki, Sakaimachi, and Isesaki	8	■	Isesaki Line	■	2	for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Kasukabe, Kita-senju, and Asakusa
Kizaki, Sakaimachi, Isesaki	9	■	Isesaki Line Kiryū Line	■	3	for Tatebayashi, Kuki, 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, 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		»
Tōbu Isesaki Line
Ashikagashi		Ltd. Express Ryōmō		For Akagi Line Yabuzuka For Isesaki Line Kizaki
Niragawa		(Sectional Express) (Sectional Semi-Express) (Local)		Hosoya
Tōbu Kiryū Line
Terminus		Local		Sammaibashi
Tōbu Koizumi Line
Terminus		Local		Ryūmai

History

The station opened as a station on the Isesaki Line on 17 February 1909.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Mount Kanayama
• Kanayama Castle
• Daikōin Temple
• Takayama Shrine
• Gunma University Ōta campus
• Fuji Heavy Industries (former Nakajima Aircraft Company plant before World War II)

References

1. ^ ^{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. p. 198-199. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 

External links

Media related to Ōta Station (Gunma) at Wikimedia Commons

• Tobu Station information (Japanese)

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