| Hikarinomori Station | |
| Native Name: | 光の森駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 4-chōme-18 Tatsudamachi Yuge, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 861-8002 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8581°N 130.7867°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
| Distance: | 14.8 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Bicycle: | Designated parking area for bikes |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)(outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 2018 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Pass Rank: | 71st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Kumamoto Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Hikarinomori Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 133.2 bsp;km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete hashigami-style elevated structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge which spans the tracks and which provides entrances to the station and a free passage to access roads on both sides of the tracks. The second level of the bridge houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Elevators provide access from the station entrances to the second level, and from the second level to the island platform. The island platform has an enclosed, air-conditioned, shelter for waiting passengers.[2] [3] [4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
JR Kyushu opened the station on 18 March 2006 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[3]
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 2018 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 71st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]