Shin-Hikida Station

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Shin-Hikida Station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 35°35′39″N 136°06′02″E / 35.5943°N 136.1006°E

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Shin-Hikida Station

新疋田駅

Shin-Hikida Station in March 2007

General information

Location

70-8 Hikida, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken 914-0302
Japan

Coordinates

35°35′39″N 136°06′02″E / 35.5943°N 136.1006°E

Operated by

JR West

Line(s)

A B Hokuriku Main Line

Distance

39.2 km from Maibara

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Bus stop

Construction

Structure type

Ground level

Parking

Yes

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Status

Unstaffed

Station code

JR-A02 (Hokuriku Main Line)
JR-B09 (Kosei Line)

Website

Official website

History

Opened

1 October 1957

Passengers

FY2016

23 daily

Services

Preceding station	JR West			Following station
Omi-Shiotsu towards Maibara		Hokuriku Main Line Local Rapid Special Rapid		Tsuruga Terminus
Omi-Shiotsu towards Kyoto		Kosei Line Local Rapid Special Rapid		Tsuruga Terminus

Location
Shin-Hikida Station Location within Japan

Shin-Hikida Station (新疋田駅, Shinhikida-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Shin-Hikida Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located 39.2 kilometres (24.4 miles) from the terminus of the line at Maibara. Trains of the Kosei Line also continue past their nominal terminus at Ōmi-Shiotsu to Tsuruga and stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Station building side	■ Hokuriku Main Line	for Tsuruga and Fukui
opposite side	■ Hokuriku Main Line	for Osaka and Maibara

History

Shin-Hikida Station opened on 1 October 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 23 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

National Route 161

References

^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

External links

Media related to Shin-Hikida Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

Stations of the Hokuriku Main Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line

Biwako Line	(for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>)	A
Hokuriku Line	(for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga	A