Operated by JR East Connections Bus stop Address Japan | Line(s) Chūō Main Line Passengers (2010) 561 daily Opened 1904 | |
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Location 50, Nagasaka-cho Tomioka, Hokuto, Yamanashi
（山梨県北杜市長坂町富岡50）
Japan Similar Nagasaka Station, Anayama Station, Shimpu Station, Shinano‑Sakai Station, Suzurannosato Station | ||
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Hinoharu Station (日野春駅, Hinoharu-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nagasaka, in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 160.1 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
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History
Hinoharu Station opened on December 21, 1904 a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The station was built as a watering point for steam locomotives, which were still used on the line until August 1964. A freshwater spring, called the Hino spring, occupied this location, and was a noted local landmark due to an ancient pine tree from which local legend stated that Takeda Shingen once hung his battle standard. When the government appropriated the land for the station, the local landowner insisted that the tree be spared. However, through neglect and due to smoke from the locomotives, the pine tree died in 1914. Descendants of the owner sued the Railroad Ministry in 1917, and won the case in 1919. A monument was erected in front of the station on the location of the pine tree in 1933 to commemorate the incident. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
Layout
Hinoharu Station has a single side platform and a single island platform, connected to the station building by an overpass.