Chihoku Station
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![]() Chihoku Station | |||||||||||
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Location | Chiebun, Nayoro-shi, Hokkaido 098-2181 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°27′40.8″N 142°23′43.3″E / 44.461333°N 142.395361°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Sōya Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 93.3 km (58.0 mi) from Asahikawa | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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Status | Unattended | ||||||||||
Station code | W52 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1959 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2022 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Chihoku Station (智北駅, Chihoku-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Nayoro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[1][2]
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Soya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai and is located 93.3 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1][3]
Layout
[edit]The station above-ground station with one side platform on the right hand side of the single track when facing towards Wakkanai. The station is unattended.
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Platform
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Signage
History
[edit]The station was opened on 1 November 1959 as the Chihoku Temporary Station on the Japanese National Railways, at the request of local residents and the city to develop tourism at the nearby Chiebun Marsh.With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido and was upgraded to a full station on 1 November 1991, due to the widening and improvement of Hokkaido Highway 252, the station was moved 120 meters closer to Chiebun Station. On 9 December 2020: JR Hokkaido announced that it would transfer maintenance management to the local government (Nayoro City) from fiscal year 2021. In June 2023, this station was selected to be among 42 stations on the JR Hokkaido network to be slated for abolition.[4]
Passenger statistics
[edit]During fiscal 2022, the station was used on average by 2 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Chiebun Marsh
- Teshio River
See also
[edit]External links
[edit] Media related to Chihoku Station at Wikimedia Commons
- [hhttps://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/station/station.html#4483 JR Chihoku Station]
Reference
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "智北駅" [Chihoku Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "列車名/路線名から時刻検索 宗谷本線(稚内―名寄―旭川) 上り". JR Hokkaido. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ 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.