Bakkai Station
W78 Bakkai Station 抜海駅  | |||||||||||
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 Bakkai Station in October 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kutonebetsu, Bakkai-mura, Wakkanai-shi, Hokkaido 097-0036 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°19′0.7″N 141°38′40.4″E / 45.316861°N 141.644556°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sōya Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 245.0 km (152.2 mi) from Asahikawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | W78 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 June 1924 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 14 March 2025 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2020 | 2.6 daily | ||||||||||
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Bakkai Station (抜海駅, Bakkai-eki) was a railway station located in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was operated by JR Hokkaido.[1][2]
On 14 March 2025, the station was closed due to low number of passengers.[3]
Lines
[edit]Bakkai Station was served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Sōya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai, and lay 245.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[4] The station is numbered "W78".
Layout
[edit]Bakkai Station was a ground-level station with two opposed side platforms, which formed a passing loop on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms were linked by a level crossing for passengers. The station was unstaffed, and was the northernmost unstaffed station in Japan during the years before its closure.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Soya Main Line | for Wakkanai |
| 2 | ■ Soya Main Line | for Horonobe and Nayoro |
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Bakkai Station building (From the platform side) -
The platforms in October 2017 -
The passenger level crossing between the platforms in October 2017 -
Signboard
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History
[edit]with the opening of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Teshio North Line between Wakkanai Station (now Minami-Wakkanai Station) and Kabutonuma Station. On September 25, 1926 the Teshio South Line and Teshio North Line were merged and the line name was changed to Teshio Line, and on April 1, 1930 the Teshio Line was incorporated into the Sōya Main Line .[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Hokkaido took over control of the station.[4]
In June 2023, this station was selected to be among 42 stations on the JR Hokkaido network to be slated for abolition owing to low ridership.[5] The closure took place on 14 March 2025.[3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 3.8 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
[edit]The station was located in the Kutonebetsu district on a hill approximately two kilometers inland away from the coastal settlement of Bakkai (former Bakkai Village). In front of the station, weeds grew everywhere except the road, and there were only a few dilapidated houses and sheds, no stores. Hokkaido Highway 510 Bakkai Kabutonuma Station Line passed near the station.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2016). 北海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 道東 道北 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 4062951800.
- ^ "抜海駅" [Bakkai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b "「日本最東端の駅」廃駅へ JR北海道東根室駅、来春のダイヤ改定で：朝日新聞". 朝日新聞 (in Japanese). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 903. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Sugiyama, Junichi (26 June 2023). "「JR北海道が42駅廃止検討」報道、宗谷本線の駅がごっそり消える?" [Report of JR Hokkaido regarding abolition of 42 Stations, majority of which are on the Soya Main Line]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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