is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in the
Kita-ku ward of the city of
Kumamoto,
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...
, Japan. It is operated by
JR Kyushu
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...
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Lines
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line
The is a railway line in Kyushu, southern Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects the west and east coasts of the island. The line originates at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto and ends at terminal of Ōita Station ...
and is located 133.2 bsp;km from the starting point of the line at .[
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Layout
The station consists of an 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 ...
serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete ''hashigami''-style elevated 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.[ See section on Barrier Free.]
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.
Platforms
file:Hikarinomori Station 4.JPG, A view of the platforms and tracks. Note the station on the bridge spanning the tracks. There are entrances to the left and right.
History
JR Kyushu
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...
opened the station on 18 March 2006 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line
The is a railway line in Kyushu, southern Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects the west and east coasts of the island. The line originates at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto and ends at terminal of Ōita Station ...
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Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 2018 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 71st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
Surrounding area
*Kumamoto City Yuge Elementary School
*Kikuyo Town Kikuyo Nishi Elementary Scho
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Hikarinomori Station (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 2006
Buildings and structures in Kumamoto
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