Ōgaki Station (大垣駅) is a railway station in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, shared by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operators Tarumi Railway and Yōrō Railway. The station is located 410.0 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōkaidō Main Line at Tokyo.

Lines

Ōgaki Station is served by the following lines.

JR Central, Tarumi Railway

Layout

JR Ōgaki Station has three ground-level island platforms and one ground-level side platform serving a total of seven tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

History

JR Ōgaki Station opened on 25 May 1884. Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Ōgaki Station was assigned station number CA77.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 17,046 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Ōgaki Dash

Before it was retired in 2021, the overnight rapid train Moonlight Nagara terminated at Ōgaki Station. A rather popular service among Seishun 18 Ticket holders travelling long distances, after alighting, these ticket holders would transfer to other trains at the station. The interchange window between the Moonlight Nagara (5:50 arrival) and the next Maibara-bound local train (5:53 departure) was merely 3 minutes; to make this connection, passengers ran up the stairs, across the overpass, and down another set of stairs to the opposing to platform in order to secure a seat on the next train after their long journey on the Moonlight Nagara. This became dubbed as the "Ōgaki Dash" (大垣ダッシュ). Some passengers were known to choose particular seats aboard the Moonlight Nagara in order to position themselves as close as possible to the stairs upon arriving at the station. JR Central, in response to passengers performing the Ōgaki Dash, later put up signs warning passengers not to run.

Yōrō Railway

Layout

The Yōrō Railway station has a single bay platform serving two tracks. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

History

The Yōrō Railway station opened on 31 July 1913.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the Yōrō Railway station was used by an average of 7687 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area