History
Motosu Station opened on 20 March 1956 as Mino-Motosu Station (美濃本巣駅) when JNR's Tarumi Line was extended from Ōgaki to Tanigumiguchi, with passenger and freight handling from day one. Carload freight serving an industrial siding continued until late, but passenger duties became unstaffed on 31 March 1971. On 6 October 1984 the line was converted to the third-sector Tarumi Railway, and the station was renamed Motosu (本巣) on the same date. Freight trains stopped on 28 March 2006 and freight handling was formally dropped on 1 April 2006. The station sits 16.2 km from Ōgaki in Sōiazaki-Nakajima, Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, has an island platform with two tracks, and houses Tarumi Railway's headquarters and Motosu vehicle depot; it is the only intermediate Tarumi Line stop that is staffed.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Until 2006, Sumitomo Cement-owned tank cars (Taki 1900, Taki 7300, Taki 11500) hauled cement from the company's Gifu plant via a siding north of the station.