Hiraiwa Station

Location
	Hiraiwa Station Location within Japan

Hiraiwa Station

平岩駅
Hiraiwa Station; 平岩駅
	Hiraiwa Station, August 2006
General information
Location	Daisho, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken e 949-0464; Japan
Coordinates	36°53′14″N 137°51′56″E / 36.8871°N 137.8656°E
Elevation	264.2 meters
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	85.0 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 August 1957
Passengers
	5 (FY2016)
Location
Location
	Hiraiwa Station Location within Japan

Hiraiwa Station (平岩駅, Hiraiwa-eki) is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Hiraiwa Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 14.9 kilometers from the intermediate terminus of the line at Minami-Otari Station, and is 85.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōito Line
Kita-Otari		Local		Kotaki

History

Hiraiwa Station opened on 15 August 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Himekawa Onsen

References

^ 統計いといがわ第10章運輸・通信 (PDF) [Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Itoigawa City Government. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

External links

JR West station information (in Japanese)

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[ITOIGAWA_stats-1] 統計いといがわ第10章運輸・通信 (PDF) [Itoigawa official statistics No.10 Transportation and Communications] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Itoigawa City Government. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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