Seki Station (Gifu)

Seki Station
Seki Station; 関駅
	Seki Station in April 2006
Location	Higashi-Sakuramachi, Seki-shi, Gifu-ken 501-3231; Japan
Coordinates	35°29′24″N 136°54′46″E
Operated by	Nagaragawa Railway
Line(s)	■ Etsumi-Nan Line
Distance	12.0 km from Mino-Ōta
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 5, 1923
Previous names	Mino-Seki (to 1986)
Passengers
FY2011	369
Location
	Seki Station Location within Gifu Prefecture Seki Station Seki Station (Japan)

Seki Station (関駅, Seki-eki) is a railway station in the city of Seki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Nagaragawa Railway.

Lines

Seki Station is a station of the Etsumi-Nan Line, and is 12.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Mino-Ōta.

Station layout

Seki Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line	for Mino-Ōta
2	■ Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line	for Minoshi, Gujō-Hachiman, Mino-Shirotori, and Hokunō

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Nagaragawa Railway
Etsumi-Nan Line
Hamonokaikanmae	Local	Seki-Shiyakushomae

History

Seki Station was opened on October 5, 1923 as Mino-Seki Station (美濃関駅). Operations were transferred from the Japan National Railway (JNR) to the Nagaragawa Railway on December 11, 1986, at which time the station was renamed to its present name.[1]

Surrounding area

Seki Cultural Center
Seki Zenko-ji

References

Sone, Satoru (2011). 26号長良川鉄道・明知鉄道・樽見鉄道・三岐鉄道・伊勢鉄道、朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部. 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線公営鉄道・私鉄』 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] Sone, Satoru (2011). 26号長良川鉄道・明知鉄道・樽見鉄道・三岐鉄道・伊勢鉄道、朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部. 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線公営鉄道・私鉄』 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun.