Nishi-Kiga Station | |
Native Name: | 西気賀駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Horie-cho, Kiga, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-1305 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.8025°N 137.6219°W |
Operator: | Tenryū Hamanako Railroad |
Line: | Tenryū Hamanako Line |
Distance: | 47.7 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Opened: | April 1, 1938 |
Passengers: | 38 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Map Type: | Japan Shizuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nishi-Kiga Station |
is a railway station in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.
Nishi-Kiga Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 47.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.
The station has opposing island platforms joined by a level crossing within the station. The adjacent wooden station building is unmanned, also contains a restaurant. The station building, and waiting room on the platform are protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan since 2011.[1] [2]
|-!colspan=5|Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Nishi-Kiga Station was established on April 1, 1938 as a station of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from June 1970. On March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.[3]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 38 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).