is a

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on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of

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, operated by the

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(JR West).

Lines

Shin-Hikida Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located from the terminus of the line at . Trains of the Kosei Line also continue past their nominal terminus at to and stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered

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. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Shin-Hikida Station opened on 1 October 1957. With the privatization of

Japanese 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 control of JR West. A new station building was completed in October 2006. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Shin-Hikida being assigned station numbers JR-A02 for the Hokuriku Main Line and JR-B09 for the Kosei Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 23 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

References

External links

* {{Hokuriku Main Line Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1957 Hokuriku Main Line Tsuruga, Fukui