Hamakita Station

Hamakita Station
浜北駅
Hamakita Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Hamamatsu
Ward Hamakita
Neighborhood etc. Numa 54-1
Postal code434 - 0037
(in Japanese)静岡県 浜松市浜北区沼54-1
History
Year opened 1909
Rail services
Operator(s) Enshū Railway
Line(s) Enshū Railway Line
Statistics 1280 passengers/day 2006

Hamakita Station (浜北駅 Hamakita-eki) is a train station on the Enshū Railway Line in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Station history

Hamakita Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Kibune Station (貴布禰駅 Kibune-eki). It was renamed Enshu-Kibune Station (遠州貴布禰駅 Enshu-Kibune-eki) in April 1923. All freight operations were discontinued in 1973. The station was given its current name in 1977, when the station building was reconstructed into a two-story structure housing a small shopping center. This shopping center closed in 2003.

Lines

Layout

Hamkita Station is a manned station with a single island platform, connected to a two-story station building. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.

Adjacent stations

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Enshū Railway
Enshū Railway Line
Enshū-Komatsu - Misono-Chūō-kōen

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Coordinates: 34°47′30.01″N 137°47′4.30″E / 34.7916694°N 137.7845278°E