title: Takayama Station
text: # Takayama Station
  
  Takayama Station (高山駅, Takayama-eki) is a railway station on the Takayama Main Line in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Takayama Station is served by the JR Central Takayama Main Line, and is located 136.4 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Gifu.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Takayama Station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The ticket gates are located on the side platform.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1-3 | ■ Takayama Main Line | for Gero and Gifu for Toyama |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | « | Service | » | » |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Takayama Main Line |||||
  | Kuguno | | Limited Express Hida | | Hida-Furukawa or Terminus |
  
  ## History
  
  Takayama Station opened on October 25, 1934. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,539 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Takayama City Hall
  
  ## Takayama Nouhi Bus Center
  
  The Takayama Nouhi Bus Center is located next to this station.
  
  ### Local buses
  
  * For Shirakawa-gō
  * For Hirayu Onsen, Shinhotaka
  * Sarubobo Bus; For Hida no Sato, Matsuri no Mori
  * Machinami Bus; For Sakurayama Hachimagu Shrine, Betsuin Temple, Sanmachi-Dori (Loop)
  
  ### Long-distance buses
  
  * Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku Station
  * Hida Takayama; For Nagoya Station
  * For Meitetsu Gifu Station
  * For Shirakawa-gō, Toyama Station
  * For Shirakawa-gō, Kanazawa Station
  * For Matsumoto Bus Terminal (Matsumoto Station)
  * For Kyoto Station, Osaka Station, and Osaka Namba Station (Osaka City Air Terminal
  