Himekawa Station (Niigata)

Himekawa Station 姫川駅
Himekawa Station, August 2008
Location	Ono, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata （新潟県糸魚川市大字大野) Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	1986
Traffic
Passengers	2 (FY2014)
Location
Himekawa Station Location within Japan

Himekawa Station (姫川駅, Himekawa-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

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.

Station layout

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.

Adjacent stations

History

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.

Surrounding area

• Himekawa Housing Area

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Himekawa Station (Niigata).

• JR West station information (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 37°01′13″N 137°51′39″E / 37.02028°N 137.86083°E / 37.02028; 137.86083