Ogase Station
 Ogase Station 苧ヶ瀬駅 | |||||||||||
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 Ogase Station, December 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 5 Chome Unumakakamigaharachō, Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu-ken 509-0141 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°24′13″N 136°54′45″E / 35.4035°N 136.9125°E | ||||||||||
| Operator |  Meitetsu | ||||||||||
| Line | ■Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 14.6 km from Meitetsu-Gifu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | KG03 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 20, 1927 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2013 | 742 | ||||||||||
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Ogase Station (苧ヶ瀬駅, Ogase-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu.
Lines
Ogase Station is a station on the Kakamigahara Line, and is located 14.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Meitetsu Gifu.
Station layout
Ogase Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line | For Shin-Unuma, and Inuyama |
| 2 | ■ Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line | For Mikakino, Meitetsu Gifu and Meitetsu-Nagoya |
History
Ogase Station opened on September 20, 1927, as a station of the Kakamigahara Railway (各務原鉄道), a predecessor company of Meitetsu, as the line's construction pushed eastward toward Higashi-Unuma Station, which it reached that same month.[1] Revenue on the newly opened line was weak in its early years, in part due to the effects of the post-war economic slump of the period, and from May 1928 operation of the line was entrusted to the Mino Electric Railway. As one measure intended to boost ridership, the Kakamigahara Railway built a baseball ground, Kakamigahara Stadium, on the east side of Ogase Station; the venue later developed, on land provided by the neighbouring village of Naka, into the Kakamigahara Athletic Ground.[2]
The section of line between Ogase Station and Shin-Unuma Station was double-tracked in March 1964; the overhead line voltage was raised from 600 V to 1,500 V at the same time.[3]
Surrounding area
About a ten-minute walk north of the station is Lake Ogase (苧ヶ瀬池), an irrigation reservoir roughly 2 kilometres in circumference. The lake has long been associated with local legends involving a dragon deity, and its resident carp are traditionally regarded as messengers of that deity; large carp and catfish in the lake can be fed by visitors.[4] Ogase Shrine (苧ヶ瀬神社), associated with the same dragon legend, stands on the lakeshore. A summer festival with a fireworks display is held at the lake each July.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ Terada, Yuichi (2013). 改訂新版 データブック日本の私鉄 (in Japanese). Neko Publishing. p. 258.
- ↑ 名古屋鉄道百年史 (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad, Public Relations Department. 1994. p. 878.
- ↑ 名古屋鉄道百年史 (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad, Public Relations Department. 1994. p. 966.
- ↑ "名鉄各務原線苧ケ瀬駅". ホームメイト. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ "苧ヶ瀬池". 各務原市観光協会. Kakamigahara City Tourism Association. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ "苧ヶ瀬池". 岐阜県観光公式サイト「岐阜の旅ガイド」. Gifu Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
External links
Media related to Ogase Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
