Hikuma Station
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Hikuma Station (曳馬駅, Hikuma-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.
Lines
Hikuma Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 3.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.
Station layout
The station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. It is staffed during daylight hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.
Platforms
1 | ■ Enshū Railway Line | for Hamakita and Nishi-Kajima |
2 | ■ Enshū Railway Line | for Shin-Hamamatsu |
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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Enshū Railway | ||||
Enshū Railway Line | ||||
Sukenobu | - | Kamijima |
Station History
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Hikuma Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Nakanogo Station (島ノ郷駅, Nakanogo-eki). It was renamed as Enshū-Nakanogo Station (遠州島ノ郷駅, Enshū-Nakanogo-eki) in 1926, renamed as Enshū-Hikuma Station (遠州曳馬駅, Enshū-Hikuma-eki) in 1951, renamed to its present name in 2012, when the tracks were elevated and the station building rebuilt.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,288 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
- Hikuma Junior High School
See also
References
- ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
Media related to Hikuma Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Enshū Railway official website