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 ...

in located in the town of Hino,

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Ohmi Railway is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users ...

Lines

Hino Station is served by the

Ohmi Railway Main Line The is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. It connects the cities of Maibara and Koka. Its alignment is parallel with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Takamiya and Gokasho. The lin ...

, and is located 37.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Maibara Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga, Japan. On the border between West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), it is jointly operated by both companies, alon ...

Station layout

The station consists of two unnumbered opposed

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 ...

s connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Hino Station was opened on October 1, 1900. In 2017, plans to demolish the old station building were opposed by local residents in favor of preservation, and after remodeling the old station building is now used as a cafe, tourist information center and museum.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 472 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surroundings

* Shiga Prefectural Road 183 Hino Tokuhara Line *Hino Municipal Hissa Elementary School *Hino Town Hall

References

External links

Ohmi Railway official site
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1900 Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Hino, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub