en Hikuma Station

Location
	Hikuma Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Hikuma Station Hikuma Station (Japan)

Hikuma Station

曳馬駅
Hikuma Station; 曳馬駅
	Hikuma Station in 2 January 2025
General information
Location	Hikuma 4-20-3, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 430-0901; Japan
Coordinates	34°43′59.83″N 137°44′29.04″E / 34.7332861°N 137.7414000°E
Operated by	Enshū Railway
Line(s)	■ Enshū Railway Line
Distance	3.4 km from Shin-Hamamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	06
History
Opened	December 6, 1909
Previous names	Nakanogo (to 1926), Enshū Nakanogo (to 1951), Enshū-Hikuma (to 2012)
Passengers
FY2017	1,288 (daily)
Location
Location
	Hikuma Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Hikuma Station Hikuma Station (Japan)

Hikuma Station (曳馬駅, Hikuma-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Lines

Hikuma Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 3.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

Station layout

The station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. It is staffed during daylight hours. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.

Platforms

1	■ Enshū Railway Line	for Hamakita and Nishi-Kajima
2	■ Enshū Railway Line	for Shin-Hamamatsu

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Enshū Railway
Enshū Railway Line
Sukenobu	-	Kamijima

Station History

Hikuma Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Nakanogo Station (島ノ郷駅, Nakanogo-eki). It was renamed as Enshū-Nakanogo Station (遠州島ノ郷駅, Enshū-Nakanogo-eki) in 1926, renamed as Enshū-Hikuma Station (遠州曳馬駅, Enshū-Hikuma-eki) in 1951, renamed to its present name in 2012, when the tracks were elevated and the station building rebuilt.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,288 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Hikuma Junior High School

References

^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

External links

Media related to Hikuma Station at Wikimedia Commons

Enshū Railway official website

[shizuokastats-1] 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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Hikuma Station