Hoshikawa Station (Mie)

Hoshikawa Station
星川駅

Hoshikawa Station
Location 902-2 Hoshikawa, Kuwana, Mie
(三重県桑名市大字星川902-2)
Japan
Operated by Sangi Railway
Line(s) Hokusei Line
History
Opened 1914
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 674 daily

Hoshikawa Station (星川駅 Hoshikawa-eki) is a railway station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located 5.5 rail kilometres from the terminus of the Hokusei Line at Nishi-Kuwana Station.

Lines

Layout

Hoshikawa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1  Sangi Railway Hokusei Line For Nishi-Kuwana
For Ageki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sangi Hokusei Line
Ariyoshi Local Nanawa

History

Hoshikawa Station was opened on April 5, 1914 as a station on the Hokusei Railway, but was closed on May 10, 1916. The station was reopened on September 8, 1927 for freight operations only, and passenger operations were resumed on November 1, 1932. The Hokusei Railway became the Hokusei Electric Railway on June 27, 1934. The station was again closed on July 1, 1944, and not reopened until February 1, 1964. Through a series of mergers, the line became part of the Kintetsu network by April 1, 1965. The station was closed for a third time on May 15, 1969. The Sangi Railway was spun out of Kintetsu as an independent company on April 1, 2003. Hoshikawa Station was reopened again on March 26, 2005 with a new station building, located some 500 meters towards Ageki from its original location.

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Coordinates: 35°03′37.9″N 136°38′38.02″E / 35.060528°N 136.6438944°E / 35.060528; 136.6438944

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