Line(s) Tenryū Hamanako Line Opened 1938 | Address Japan | |
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Location Horie-cho, Kiga, Kita, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
（静岡県 浜松市北区細江町気賀）
Japan Operated by Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Similar Sunza Station, Kiga Station, Hamanako‑Sakume Station, Okaji Station, Higashi‑Tsuzuki Station | ||
Nishi-Kiga Station (西気賀駅, Nishi-Kiga-eki) is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 47.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station.
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Station history
Nishi-Kiga Station was established on April 1, 1938 as a station of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from June 1970. After the privatization of JNR on March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.
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Layout
Nishi-Kiga Station has opposing island platforms joined by a level crossing within the station. The adjacent wooden station building is unmanned, also contains a restaurant.
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