Hishima Station

Hishima Station 比島駅
Hishima Station
Location	Hishima, Onwa-chō, Katsuyama, Fukui （福井県勝山市遅羽町比島） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1931

Hishima Station (比島駅, Hishima-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

Only local trains serve Hishima Station. One track serves a single platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

The station is in the middle of a small residential area. The Hishima Citizens' Hall is 100 meters south.
The Kuzuryū River and Fukui Prefectural Route 168 pass to the north.

History

May 1, 1931: Station opens.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Echizen-Kaihotsu Echizen-Shinbo Oiwakeguchi Higashi-Fujishima Echizen-Shimabashi Kannonmachi Matsuoka Shiizakai Eiheijiguchi Shimoshii Kōmyōji Domeki Echizen-Nonaka Sannō Echizen-Takehara Kobunato Hota Hossaka Hishima Katsuyama

Coordinates: 36°03′58″N 136°29′01″E / 36.066002°N 136.48358°E / 36.066002; 136.48358

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