Tarui Station (垂井駅) is a ground-level station with a concourse in Tarui, Gifu Prefecture. Central Japan Railway Company runs it. It opened on 25 May 1884.
History
Tarui Station (垂井駅) opened on 25 May 1884, when the national railway line between Ogaki and Sekigahara opened. It was an ordinary station. A new down platform was built on 1 July 1889. In April 1895 the line through the station was named the Tokaido Line. Double track was laid between Ogaki and Tarui on 23 August 1901, and between Tarui and Sekigahara on 10 February 1902.
On 29 July 1919 two trains collided on the Aikawa bridge inside the station grounds. In March 1941 the footbridge on the east side was moved to the west side. On 11 October 1944 a bypass line, called the New Tarui Line, was completed north of the station, and Shin-Tarui Station opened on it. Down trains no longer ran through here. Only up trains did, and the auxiliary locomotives were abolished. A government bus route, the Fuchu line, ran between Tarui and Shin-Tarui. On 1 November 1946 a new Tarui line was laid where the down main line had been. Trains could now run between Sekigahara and Tarui in either direction. Down trains from Ogaki started running again, and the Fuchu bus route was abolished.
The second station building was completed on 8 October 1965. Freight handling ended on 4 October 1971, and luggage handling ended on 1 February 1984. On 1 November 1986 Shin-Tarui Station closed. All down local trains then stopped at this station. Down express and freight trains kept using the Shin-Tarui line and no longer stopped here. On 1 April 1987, when national railways were split up, the station passed to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). On 4 March 1995 the third station building was completed, with an elevated concourse.
On 16 February 2000 snow stopped a down local train. Two diesel locomotives of Japan Freight Railway Company were sent to help it. One of them ran into the station's safety siding and derailed. Service was restored about twenty hours later. On 16 April 2003 the north station square was completed, with a rotary, walkways and bicycle parking, which finished a series of works around the station. On 25 November 2006 TOICA could be used. On 13 February 2010 lifts were installed on both platforms, and a multipurpose toilet was added. On 26 March 2016 a timetable change ended the local trains that ran through to Kyoto and Osaka. It also shortened the Homeliner Sekigahara service so that it no longer stopped here.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018. On 31 January 2024 the JR ticket office closed. On 1 February 2024 a reserved-seat ticket machine with support features was installed, and the station became unstaffed as customer support service began.
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