Hirano Station (Hyōgo)
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located in the city of Kawanishi,
Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...
,
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. It is operated by the private transportation company
Nose Electric Railway The (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kaw ...
.


Lines

Hirano Station is served by the
Myōken Line The (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawan ...
, and is located 5.2 kilometers from the
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of the line at .


Station layout

The station consists of one
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, ...
and one
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, connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.


Platforms


Adjacent stations


History

Hirano Station opened on April 13, 1913. The current station building was completed in March 1981.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,743 passengers daily


Surrounding area

*Nose Electric Railway Headquarters *Kyoritsu Onsen Hospital


See also

* List of railway stations in Japan


References

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External links


Hirano Station official home page
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Stations of Nose Electric Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Kawanishi, Hyōgo {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub