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Hikime Station (蟇目駅, Hikime-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hikime Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 91.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Hikime Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no longer a station building, but only a waiting room built on the platform. The station is unattended.

History

Hikime Station opened on 6 November 1934.^[1] The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 3 November 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

References

^ Sone, Satoru (2009). "No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線". 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 18–19.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] Sone, Satoru (2009). "No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線". 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 18–19.

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