Hiraiwa Station

railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata prefecture, Japan
Place railway_station Q5768913
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Hiraiwa Station

Summary

Hiraiwa Station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hiraiwa Station is located in Itoigawa[3].
  • Hiraiwa Station is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Hiraiwa Station's transport network is recorded as local lines network of JR East[5].
  • Hiraiwa Station's image is recorded as Hiraiwa Station 2022-05.jpg[6].
  • Hiraiwa Station's instance of is recorded as railway station[7].
  • Hiraiwa Station's instance of is recorded as railway station above ground[8].
  • Hiraiwa Station's instance of is recorded as unmanned station[9].
  • Hiraiwa Station's connecting line is recorded as Ōito Line[10].
  • Hiraiwa Station's founder is recorded as Japanese National Railways[11].
  • Hiraiwa Station's owned by is recorded as West Japan Railway Company[12].
  • Hiraiwa Station's operator is recorded as West Japan Railway Company[13].
  • Hiraiwa Station's adjacent station is recorded as Kita-Otari Station[14].
  • Hiraiwa Station's adjacent station is recorded as Kotaki Station[15].
  • Hiraiwa Station's station code is recorded as ヒラ[16].
  • Hiraiwa Station's Commons category is recorded as Hiraiwa Station[17].
  • Hiraiwa Station's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time[18].
  • +1957-08-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hiraiwa Station[19].
  • Hiraiwa Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.8871, 'lon': 137.8656}[20].
  • Hiraiwa Station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05mwrd0[21].
  • Hiraiwa Station's official website is recorded as https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0540601[22].
  • Hiraiwa Station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[23].
  • Hiraiwa Station's daily patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • Hiraiwa Station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7558012[25].
  • Hiraiwa Station's date of official opening is recorded as +1957-08-15T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Hiraiwa Station's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+264.2'}[27].

Body

Geography

Hiraiwa Station is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Itoigawa[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hiraiwa Station's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+264.2'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[7], railway station above ground[8], and unmanned station[9].

History and Context

+1957-08-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hiraiwa Station[19]. Its owned by is recorded as West Japan Railway Company[12].

Why It Matters

Hiraiwa Station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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