Hamakita Station

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Hamakita Station

浜北駅
Enshu Railway Hamakita Station ac.jpg
Hamakita Station, September 2017
LocationNuma 54-1, Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 434-0037
Japan
Coordinates34°47′30.01″N 137°47′4.30″E / 34.7916694°N 137.7845278°E / 34.7916694; 137.7845278Coordinates: 34°47′30.01″N 137°47′4.30″E / 34.7916694°N 137.7845278°E / 34.7916694; 137.7845278
Operated byEntetsu logo.svg Enshū Railway
Line(s) Enshū Railway Line
Distance11.2 km from Shin-Hamamatsu
Platforms1 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code13
History
OpenedDecember 6, 1909
Previous namesKibune (to 1923); Enshū-Kibune (to 1977)
Passengers
FY20171,606 (daily)
Location
Hamakita Station is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Hamakita Station
Hamakita Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Platform

Hamakita Station (浜北駅, Hamakita-eki) is a railway station in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Lines[]

Hamakita Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 11.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

Station layout[]

The station has 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. The station is attended.

Platforms[]

1  Enshū Railway Line for Shin-Hamamatsu
2  Enshū Railway Line for Nishi-Kajima

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Enshū Railway
Enshū Railway Line
Enshū-Komatsu - Misono-Chūō-kōen

Station history[]

Hamakita Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Kibune Station (貴布禰駅, Kibune-eki). It was renamed Enshū-Kibune Station (遠州貴布禰駅, Enshū-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.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,707 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area[]

  • Yamaha Hamakita factory

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Hamakita Station at Wikimedia Commons

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