Hamakita Station (浜北駅, Hamakita-eki) is a railway station in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

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Hamakita Station 浜北駅
Hamakita Station, September 2017
General information
Location	Numa 54-1, Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 434-0037 Japan
Coordinates	34°47′30.01″N 137°47′4.30″E
Operated by	Enshū Railway
Line(s)	■ Enshū Railway Line
Distance	11.2 km from Shin-Hamamatsu
Platforms	1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	13
History
Opened	December 6, 1909
Previous names	Kibune (to 1923); Enshū-Kibune (to 1977)
Passengers
FY2017	1,606 (daily)
Location
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Hamakita Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 11.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

The station has a single island platform, connected to a two-story station building. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system. The station is attended.

Hamakita Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Kibune Station (貴布禰駅, Kibune-eki). It was renamed Enshū-Kibune Station (遠州貴布禰駅, Enshū-Kibune-eki) in April 1923. All freight operations were discontinued in 1973. The station was given its current name in 1977, when the station building was reconstructed into a two-story structure housing a small shopping center. This shopping center closed in 2003.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,707 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Yamaha Hamakita factory

• List of railway stations in Japan