Hitomarumae Station

Elevated station

the meridian of the Japan Standard Time (135 degrees of east longitude) and Akashi Municipal Planetarium

Hitomarumae Station (人丸前駅, Hitomarumae-eki) is a train station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line in Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is the only station that the meridian of the Japan Standard Time passes through.

Layout

This station has an island platform serving two tracks.

1	■ Main Line	westbound for Akashi, Himeji and Aboshi
2	■ Main Line	eastbound for Suma, Sannomiya and Osaka

Surroundings

The JR Kobe Line passes in the north of the station.

• Hitomaruyama Park
  • Kakinomoto Shrine (in connection with Kakinomoto no Hitomaro)
  • Gessho-ji
  • Akashi Municipal Planetarium
• Ryomagawa War Site (one of the places of the Genpei War)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sanyo Electric Railway
Main Line
Ōkuradani		Local		Sanyo Akashi
S Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Thgrough Limited Express: Does not stop at this station