Hinobori Station
railway station in Unnan, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Hinobori Station (日登駅, Hinobori-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Unnan, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Hinobori Station is served by the Kisuki Line, and is located 24.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinji.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one track on the left side facing Bingo-Ochiai. The station office is the office of Itamochi Civil Engineering (a construction company), which staffs the station on a consignment basis.
History
Hinobori Station was opened on 18 December 1937 when the extension between Kisuki Station and Izumo Minari Station on the Kisuki Line was completed. It became part of JR West on 1 April 1987 when Japan National Railways was privatized.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
Unnan City Jiryo Elementary School
Shimane Prefectural Road No.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hinobori Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.