Hikarinomori Station

Hikarinomori Station (光の森駅, Hikari-no-mori-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]

Hikarinomori Station

光の森駅
North entrance of Hikarinomori Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°51′29″N 130°47′12″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance14.8 km from Kumamoto
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bikes
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)(outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened18 March 2006 (2006-03-18)
Passengers
FY20162,609 daily
Rank72nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Hikarinomori Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 14.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge which spans the tracks and which provides entrances to the station and a free passage to access roads on both sides of the tracks. The second level of the bridge houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Elevators provide access from the station entrances to the second level, and from the second level to the island platform. The island platform has an enclosed, air-conditioned, shelter for waiting passengers.[2][3][4]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks. Note the station on the bridge spanning the tracks. There are entrances to the left and right.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Hōhi Main Line
Musashizuka Local Sanrigi

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 18 March 2006 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 72nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "光の森" [Hikarinomori]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 34, 77. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "光の森" [Hikarinomori]. Station official website. JR Kyushu. Retrieved 22 April 2018. See section on Barrier Free.
  5. "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. "光の森駅" [Hikarinomori Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.


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