Hoshikawa (Mie)

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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 Karegawa 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 Yū Store (now MEGA Don Quijote UNY) Hoshikawa store, with remote management from Tōin Station beginning on 1 June 2005. Further free parking for rail users was provided on 1 June 2007, and a 33-space car park and a 45-space bicycle park were added beside the station building on 10 February 2010.

The present Hoshikawa Station, built inside the car park of a suburban shopping centre, drew about 1.4× the combined boarding and alighting passengers of the Sakaibashi Station it replaced in its first year (FY2005 against Sakaibashi's FY2004), and by FY2008 its boarding figure had grown to roughly 1.8× that FY2004 baseline.