Hiraiwa Station

Hiraiwa Station

平岩駅
Hiraiwa Station; 平岩駅
	Hiraiwa Station, August 2006
General information
Location	Daisho, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken e 949-0464; Japan
Coordinates	36°53′14″N 137°51′56″E / 36.8871°N 137.8656°E
Elevation	264.2 meters
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	85.0 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 August 1957; 66 years ago
Passengers
	5 (FY2016)
Services
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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

History[edit]

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.

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

Himekawa Onsen

References[edit]

^ 統計いといがわ第10章運輸・通信 (PDF) [Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Itoigawa City Government. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

External links[edit]

JR West station information (in Japanese)

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[ITOIGAWA_stats-1] 統計いといがわ第10章運輸・通信 (PDF) [Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Itoigawa City Government. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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