Hirokōji Station (Mie)

Hirokōji Station (広小路駅, Hirokōji-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Iga Railway.

Hirokōji Station 広小路駅
Hirokōji Station in July 2012
General information
Location	Ueno Nonin-cho, Iga-shi, Mie-ken 518-0872 Japan
Coordinates	34°46′01″N 136°08′04″E
Operated by	Iga Railway
Line(s)	■ Iga Line
Distance	4.4 km from Iga-Ueno
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 18, 1922
Passengers
FY2019	47 daily
Location Hirokōji Station Location within Mie Prefecture Hirokōji Station Hirokōji Station (Japan)

Lines

Hirokōji Station is served by the Iga Line, and is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Iga-Ueno Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended and has no station building. The platform is short and can only handle trains of two cars in length.

Platform

1

■ Iga Line

For Iga-Ueno For Iga-Kambe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iga Line
Uenoshi		-	Kayamachi

History

Hirokōji Station was opened on July 18, 1922. Through a series of mergers, the Iga Line became part of the Kintetsu network by June 1, 1944, but was spun out as an independent company in October 2007. The station was closed on June 1, 1945 but was reopened on March 15, 1946. The station has been unattended since March 15, 2000 and the station building was removed on August 27, 2007.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 47 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Iga Kaido
• Matsuo Basho House
• Sugawara Shrine
• Igashi Ueno Library

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Hirokōji Station (Mie) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)