Hitomaru Station | |
Native Name: | 人丸駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 939-2, Yuya Shimbetsumyo Aza Kamie, Nagato-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 759-4503 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 613.5km (381.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 50 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hitomaru Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Hitomaru Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 613.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform. The station building is next to the side platform and is connected to the island platform by a footbridge. Platform numbers are assigned from the opposite side of the station building, with Platform 3 on the platform next to the station building and Platforms 1 and 2 on the island platform; however, platform 1 is no longer in regular use. The station is unattended.
Hitomaru Station was opened on 7 December 1930 as an intermediate station of the Japan Government Railways Mine Line when the line was extended from Nagato-Furuichi Station to Agawa Station. This portion of the Mine Line was incorporated into the San'in Main Line on 24 February 1933. Freight operations were discontinued on 1 March 1972. 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 50 passengers daily.[2]