Hamakita Station

Hamakita Station (浜北駅) is a railway station in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu,  Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Lines
Hamakita Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 11.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

Station layout
The station has a single island platform, connected to a two-story station building. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system. The station is attended.

Adjacent stations
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Station history
Hamakita Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Kibune Station (貴布禰駅). It was renamed Enshū-Kibune Station (遠州貴布禰駅) in April 1923. All freight operations were discontinued in 1973. The station was given its current name in 1977, when the station building was reconstructed into a two-story structure housing a small shopping center. This shopping center closed in 2003.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,707 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Yamaha Hamakita factory