History
The station opened on 21 January 1887 as Kano Station on the government-built Tokaido line, primarily handling freight; it was renamed Gifu Station on 15 December 1888 when passenger service began. The station was relocated west in 1889 and to its present site on 22 July 1913, using the relocated former Aichi Station building, which burned down in 1945 wartime air raids. The current Minshu-eki rebuilding opened on 1 April 1959. Elevation works on the Tokaido and Takayama lines were carried out between 1986 and 1996, with the present elevated station completed on 2 March 1997 alongside the Asty Gifu commercial complex.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Because the elevated lines must clear the perpendicular Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line viaduct, Gifu's platforms sit at a height comparable to a third-storey building.