Shin-Hikida Station
# Shin-Hikida Station

Shin-Hikida Station (新疋田駅, Shinhikida-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Shin-Hikida Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located 39.2 kilometres (24.4 miles) from the terminus of the line at Maibara. Trains of the Kosei Line also continue past their nominal terminus at Ōmi-Shiotsu to Tsuruga and stop at this station.

## Station layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

### Platforms

| Station building side | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Tsuruga and Fukui |
| - | - | - |
| opposite side | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Osaka and Maibara |

## Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| - | - | - |
| Hokuriku Main Line |||||
| Tsuruga | Special Rapid | Omi-Shiotsu |
| Tsuruga | Rapid | Omi-Shiotsu |
| Tsuruga | Local | Omi-Shiotsu |

## History

Shin-Hikida Station opened on 1 October 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. A new station building was completed in October 2006.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Shin-Hikida being assigned station numbers JR-A02 for the Hokuriku Main Line and JR-B09 for the Kosei Line.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 23 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* National Route 161
