Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station Platform and Waiting Shelter

A Stone Platform of 1923

The Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station Platform and Waiting Shelter (長良川鉄道美濃市駅プラットホーム及び待合所) is a stone platform with old-rail canopies and a timber waiting shelter of 1923 in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on December 24, 2013 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a stone platform 98 metres long with 2 canopies and a stair cover, and a single-storey timber waiting shelter with a slate roof and a building area of 20 square metres; registration number 21-0217.

A Platform of Cobbled Stone

The platform of Minoshi Station, south of the station building, dates from 1923 and was altered in 1937 and 1954 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a straight structure 98 metres long, its sides faced with rounded stones, sloping down at both ends.

On it stand a weatherboarded timber waiting shelter 6.4 metres by 3.2 metres, 2 canopies made of old rails and a timber stair house, forming a historic railway scene (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

On the Minoshi platform, look for the rounded-stone sides, the canopies of old rails and the weatherboarded waiting shelter (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Nagaragawa Railway Co., Ltd. and is in use as a station of the line (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The station building and the platform and waiting shelter are introduced together on the Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station page.