Nishi-Kiga Station

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Nishi-Kiga Station
西気賀駅
Nishi-Kiga Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Hamamatsu
Ward Kita
Neighborhood etc. Horie-cho, Kiga
Postal code431 - 1305
(in Japanese)静岡県 浜松市北区細江町気賀
History
Year opened 1938
Rail services
Operator(s) Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Line(s) Tenryū Hamanako Line

Nishi-Kiga Station (西気賀駅 Nishi-Kiga-eki) is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 47.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station.

Station history

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. After the privatization of JNR on March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

Lines

Layout

Nishi-Kiga Station has opposing island platforms joined by a level crossing within the station. The adjacent wooden station building is unmanned, also contains a restaurant.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Tenryū Hamanako Line
Kiga - Sunza

External links

Coordinates: 34°48′09″N 137°37′19″E / 34.80250°N 137.62194°E / 34.80250; 137.62194


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