History
Three different stations have been known as Hoshikawa on the Hokusei Line. The first opened on 5 April 1914 under the Hokusei Railway but had no platform and was closed on 10 May 1916. The second was opened as a freight stop on 8 September 1927 to handle gravel taken from the Karega River, with passenger operations added on 1 November 1932; it was suspended on 1 July 1944 owing to wartime power restrictions and was formally abolished on 15 May 1969. The present, third Hoshikawa Station (Sangi Railway number H06) opened on 26 March 2005, some 500 m toward Ageki from the former Sakaibashi Station, which was simultaneously closed; it sits at the south-western edge of the car park of the UNY (now MEGA Don Quijote UNY) Hoshikawa store, with remote management from Tōin Station beginning on 1 June 2005. Driver-operated kiss-and-ride and park-and-ride facilities were added in 2007 and 2010.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The present Hoshikawa Station, built inside the car park of a major suburban shopping centre, drew about 1.4× the boarding passengers of the Sakaibashi Station it replaced within its first year, and by FY2008 traffic had grown to roughly 1.8× that of the displaced station's FY2004 baseline.