Hikosaki Station | |
Native Name: | 彦崎駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 2928-1 Hikosaki, Minami-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 709-1213 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 18.1km (11.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Code: | JR-L09 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Ajino (to 1914) |
Passengers: | 282 daily[1] |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Tsuneyama Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [2]
Hikosaki Station is served by the JR Uno Line, and is located 18.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 3.2 kilometers from .
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. There are two entrances and exits near the center of both platforms (the front entrance and the station square rotary are on the outbound platform side). There is a waiting area on each platform. The station is unattended.
Hikosaki Station was opened on 12 June 1910 as . It was renamed 1 July 1914. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 282 passengers daily[3]