Hirata (Kochi)

History

Hirata Station opened on 1 October 1997 as an intermediate station on the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Sukumo Line, in Tonai, Hirata-machi, Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture — station number TK45. The simplified contracted station was abolished on 1 April 2004, and the station has been unstaffed all day since.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.

Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.

Notes

Hirata is the gateway station for the village of Mihara just south of Sukumo. Despite being unstaffed (during the day, however, station staff are now in attendance), all 'Ashizuri' and 'Shimanto' limited expresses stop here. It is an elevated station with a 112-metre single side platform; access is by stairs and an elevator. The Mihara Village Bus also stops at the 'Hirata-eki' bus stop in the forecourt, and Enkō-ji Temple lies about 2 km away.