Hiraiwa Station

Hiraiwa Station 平岩駅
Hiraiwa Station, August 2006
Location	Daisho, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata （新潟県糸魚川市大字大所) Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Platforms	2 side platform
History
Opened	1957
Traffic
Passengers	5 (FY2014)
Location
Hiraiwa Station Location within Japan

Hiraiwa Station (平岩駅, Hiraiwa-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Hiraiwa Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 14.9 kilometers from the intermediate terminus of the line at Minami-Otari Station, and is 85.0 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, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Hiraiwa Station opened on 15 August 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Surrounding area

• Himekawa Onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiraiwa Station.

• JR West station information (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°53′14″N 137°51′56″E / 36.8871°N 137.8656°E / 36.8871; 137.8656