History
Hinaga Station opened on 14 August 1912 as the starting point of the Mie Tramway between Hinaga and Hachiōji-mura, becoming a junction in January 1922 when the line to Oguso (later Utsube) opened. The operator changed three times in two decades: Mie Railway in 1916, Sanco in 1944 by wartime merger, the Mie Electric Railway in 1964 by divestiture, and finally Kintetsu in April 1965. The Utsube and Hachiōji lines have been operated by the Yokkaichi Asunarō Railway since 1 April 2015. The station nickname "Asunarō Chūō-Ryokuchi" was added on 23 December 2019 to mark the venue for the postponed 2021 National Sports Festival, and ICOCA support followed on 21 August 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Platform 3 lies on the outside of the tightest 100-metre-radius curve on the line, so the gap between train and platform is so wide that the long-body Mo 260 / Ku 160 cars have their corners shaved off to clear it.