Hikuma Station

Hikuma Station 曳馬駅
Hikuma Station in November 2012
General information
Location	Hikuma 4-20-3, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 430-0901 Japan
Coordinates	34°43′59.83″N 137°44′29.04″E / 34.7332861°N 137.7414000°E / 34.7332861; 137.7414000
Operated by	Enshū Railway
Line(s)	■ Enshū Railway Line
Distance	3.4 km from Shin-Hamamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	06
History
Opened	December 6, 1909
Previous names	Nakanogo (to 1926), Enshū Nakanogo (to 1951), Enshū-Hikuma (to 2012)
Passengers
FY2017	1,288 (daily)
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Hikuma Station (曳馬駅, Hikuma-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Hikuma Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 3.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

The station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. It is staffed during daylight hours. 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.

Hikuma Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Nakanogo Station (島ノ郷駅, Nakanogo-eki). It was renamed as Enshū-Nakanogo Station (遠州島ノ郷駅, Enshū-Nakanogo-eki) in 1926, renamed as Enshū-Hikuma Station (遠州曳馬駅, Enshū-Hikuma-eki) in 1951, renamed to its present name in 2012, when the tracks were elevated and the station building rebuilt.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,288 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Hikuma Junior High School

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Hikuma Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Enshū Railway official website