Hikari Station | |
Native Name: | 光駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 3-chōme-1 Nijigahama, Hikar-shii, Yamaguchi-ken 743-0022 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 400.7km (249miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 5 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Staffed |
Former: | Nijigahama (until 1941) |
Passengers: | 1849 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hikari Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] The station is located in the Nijigahama area of Hikari, on the northwest side of the city. is located nearby.
Hikari Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 400.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station has five tracks, with three tracks devoted to passenger use. The tracks are numbered 2–6, since track 1 was removed for elevator construction for accessibility. The station building connects directly to a side platform where track 2 is found. Track 3 also has been removed. Tracks 5 and 6 are served by the island platform. The station building is located on the south side of the station, and the footbridge connecting the two platforms is on the east side of the station.The station is staffed.
Hikari Station was opened as on 11 April 1912. It was renamed "Hikari Station" on 1 February 1941. The present station building was completed in July 1983. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1849 passengers daily.[2]