title: Hikime Station
text: # Hikime Station
  
  Hikime Station (蟇目駅, Hikime-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Hikime Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 91.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Hikime Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no longer a station building, but only a waiting room built on the platform. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Hikime Station opened on 6 November 1934. The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 3 November 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Japan National Route 106
  * List of railway stations in Japan
  