is a

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 prep ...

located in the city of Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Meitetsu , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...

. It is located in front of Gifu-Hashima Station on the

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and allows passengers to go from the high speed train network to the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) network and vice versa, but in practice most passengers to or from Gifu choose to enter or leave the high speed train network at Nagoya Station.

Lines

Shin Hashima Station is a station on the Hashima Line, and is located 1.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Hashima Line at and is 11.6 kilometers from .

Station layout

Shin Hashima Station has 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 platform ...

serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Shin Hashima Station opened on 12 December 1982.

Surrounding area

* Gifu College of Nursing

External links

References

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1982 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture Hashima, Gifu {{Gifu-railstation-stub