Doai Station
Doai Station 土合駅 | |||||||||||
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Doai Station entrance in April 2016 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 218-2 Yubiso, Minakami Town, Tone District, Gunma Prefecture 379-1728 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°49′52.8″N 138°58′1.6″E / 36.831333°N 138.967111°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 69.3 km (43.1 mi) from Takasaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade and underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 70 m (230 ft) | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 December 1936 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2013 | 19 daily | ||||||||||
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Doai Station (土合駅, Doai-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is jokingly known as "Japan's Number One Mole Station" (日本一のモグラ駅, Nippon ichi no mogura eki) because passengers must make a 10 minute descent down 486 steps into a tunnel in order to reach the northbound platform. It is the deepest train station in Japan.