History
Hinata Station opened on 25 March 1989 with the Tarumi Railway's extension of the Tarumi Line from Kamiumi to Tarumi, the privately operated successor to the JNR Tarumi Line. The station sits in the city of Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, 28.3 rail kilometres from the line's opposing terminus at Ōgaki, and is assigned station number TR16. The single side platform serves one bi-directional track and the station is unattended, with only a small shelter on the platform. During planning, the gradient of the section spanning the Utsushi Tunnel through Hinata to the Hinata Tunnel was eased from 20 per mille to 10 per mille to suit the local geography.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Each spring, railfans gather at Hinata to photograph the line's trains framed against the surrounding cherry blossoms — one of the most-shot locations on the Tarumi Line's newer extension.