Himekawa Station | |
Style: | JR West |
Native Name: | 姫川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ono, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken 941-0071 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | 102.2 km from |
Coordinates: | 37.0203°N 137.8608°W |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Ōito Line |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 3 (FY2016) |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Himekawa Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 32.2 kilometers from the intermediate terminus of the line at Minami-Otari Station, and is 102.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, and the station is unattended.
Himekawa Station opened on 1 November 1986. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]