is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
located in the city of
Nishiwaki,
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, Japan, operated by
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
(JR West).
Lines
Hie Station is served by the
Kakogawa Line
The is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.
The line begins at Kakogawa Station on the JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) and ends at Ta ...
and is 34.6 kilometers from the
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
of the line at
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
serving bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
Hie Station opened on 27 December 1924. With the privatization of the
Japan National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13 passengers daily
Surrounding area
* Banshu Textile Industry Cooperative
* Shiroyama Park
*Nishiwaki Municipal Nishiwaki Higashi Junior High School
*Nishiwaki City Hiecho Elementary School
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
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*
Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
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Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924
Nishiwaki, Hyōgo
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