Minobu Station 身延駅
JR Minobu Station, January 2015
General information
Location	Tsunouchi, Minobu-cho, Minamikoma-gun, Yamanashi-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°21′43″N 138°27′12″E / 35.3620°N 138.4532°E / 35.3620; 138.4532
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
Distance	58.8 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
History
Opened	May 18, 1920
Passengers
FY2016	357 daily
Location
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Minobu Station (身延駅, Minobu-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Minobu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Minobu Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 43.5 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.

Layout

Minobu Station has one side platform land one island platform connected by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

Minobu Station was opened on May 18, 1920 as the terminal station on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The line was extended to Ichikawa-Daimon Station in December 1927, and came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. A new station building was completed in June 1980. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Surrounding area

• Fuji River
• Minobu High School
• Minobu Junior High School