The is a railway station on the

Takayama Main Line The is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line directly links the Chūkyō Metropolitan Ar ...

in the city of

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Gifu Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...

, Japan, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, ...

(JR Central).

Lines

Hida-Hagiwara Station is served by the JR Central

, and is located 96.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Hida-Hagiwara Station has one ground-level

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

and one ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Hida-Hagiwara Station opened on May 9, 1931. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 434 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Ruins of Hagiwara-Suwa Castle *

References

{{Takayama Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture Takayama Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931 Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Gero, Gifu