Hime Station

CI04 Hime Station 姫駅
Hime Station in October 2008
General information
Location	Hime-cho 1-chome, Tajimi-shi, Gifu-ken 507-0061 Japan
Coordinates	35.3821°N 137.0717°E / 35.3821; 137.0717
Operator	JR Central
Line	Taita Line
Distance	7.9 km from Tajimi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CI04
History
Opened	December 28, 1918
Passengers
FY2015	389 daily
Location Hime Station Location within Gifu Prefecture Hime Station Location within Japan

Hime Station (姫駅, Hime-eki) is a railway station on the Taita Line in the city of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Hime Station is served by the Taita Line, and is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tajimi.

Station layout

Hime Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Taita Line	For Nemoto, Koizumi, and Tajimi
2	■ Taita Line	For Kani, Mino-Ōta, Unuma, and Gifu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Central
Taita Line
Nemoto		Local		Shimogiri

History

Hime Station opened on December 28, 1918, as a station on the Tōnō Railway. The station was absorbed into the JR Tōkai network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 389 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Hime Post Office
• Minami-Hime Middle School
• Minami Hime Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Hime Station at Wikimedia Commons