Hirooka Station

Hirooka Station (広丘駅) is a train station in the city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Hirooka Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station. Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at Shiojiri and continue on to Matsumoto via this station.

Station layout
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
Hirooka Station opened on 10 July 1933. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2552 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).