History
Obata Station was opened on April 2, 1905, on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. A new station building was completed in 1977, and the third generation station building in 1978. The present station was completed in 1999-2000.
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