Operated by JR East Distance 69.3 km from Takasaki Platform levels 2 Opened 19 December 1936 Tracks 2 | Line(s) ■ Joetsu Line Depth 70 m Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 218-2 Yubiso, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken
Japan Similar Mount Tanigawa, Yubiso Station, Tanigawadake Ropeway, Tsuchitaru Station, Minakami Station | ||
Doai Station (土合駅, Doai Eki) is a railway station on the Joetsu Line in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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doai station is called mole station
Lines
Doai Station is served by the Joetsu Line, and lies 69.3 km (43.1 mi) from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout
Doai Station is unusual in that it has two single side platforms, one of which is elevated, and the other is located underground within the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. The station is unattended. The underground platform for the northbound trains (to Echigo-Yuzawa and Nagaoka) is located 70 metres (230 ft) underground, in the middle of the 13,490-metre (44,260 ft) long Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. It takes 10 minutes to walk the 486 steps from the ticket gate to the platform. The above-ground platform for the southbound trains (to Minakami) is at ground level. The climb up the steps from the underground platform features at the start of the novel, NHK dramatization and movie versions of Climber's High by Hideo Yokoyama.
History
The station opened on 19 December 1936. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.