is a train station

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 on the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)

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 Tōkaidō Main Line

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 in Tarui

Tarui, Gifu

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, Gifu Prefecture

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, Japan

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Platforms

• There is a side platform serving a track on the north side of the station and an island platform serving 2 tracks on the south side of the station.

History

• 25 May 1884 Ogaki - Sekigahara and Tarui station were opened.
• 23 Aug 1901 Ogaki - Tarui was duplicated.
• 10 Feb 1902 Tarui - Sekigahara was duplicated.
• 11 Oct 1944 By-pass line and Shin Tarui were opened. Only up-bound (eastbound) trains stopped at Tarui.
• 1 Nov 1946 Tarui branch opened. Every eastbound local trains and some west bound local trains stopped at Tarui.
• 1 Nov 1986 Shin-Tarui Station was closed. Every local trains stopped at Tarui.
• 1 Apr 1987 Railways were privatized and Tarui Station was inherited by JR Central.

Lines

• Down bound (west bound) main line (One way): It does not pass Tarui station. Express trains and freight trains use this line.
• Up bound (east bound) main line (One way): It passes Tarui station.
• Tarui branch line (this is common name )
  • Ogaki - Tarui (One way): West bound local trains use this line. (East bound trains use main line. )
  • Tarui - Sekigahara (Single track): West bound local trains and east bound local trains which start from Sekigahara use this line.

Shin-Tarui Station

From 1944 to 1986 there was on the west bound main line from Ogaki to Sekigahara. It was about 3km far from Tarui station and only down bound (west bound ) local trains stopped at the station. It had 1 through track and 1 siding track with a side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

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The following photographs taken in December 2002 show the remains of Shin Tarui Station:

Adjacent stations

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