Kanehana Station
Kanehana Station 金華駅 | |||||
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 Kanehana Station in October 2015 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kitami, Hokkaido （北海道北見市留辺蘂町金華） Japan | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sekihoku Main Line | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Closed | ||||
| Station code | A54 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 October 1914 | ||||
| Closed | 25 March 2016 | ||||
| Previous names | Ponmuka (1914-1951) | ||||
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Kanehana Station (金華駅, Kanehana-eki) was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1914, the station closed in March 2016.
Lines
[edit]Kanehana Station was served by the Sekihoku Main Line, and was unstaffed. It was numbered "A54".
Layout
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Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| Sekihoku Main Line | ||||
| Limited Express Okhotsk: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Taisetsu: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Ikutahara | Limited Rapid Kitami | Rubeshibe | ||
| Ikutahara | Local | Nishi-Rubeshibe | ||
History
[edit]The station opened on 5 October 1914 as Ponmuka Station (奔無加駅).[1] It was renamed Kanehana on 20 July 1951.[1] The station was destaffed in 1983.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]
JR Hokkaido announced in July 2015 that it planned to close the station from the start of the revised timetable in March 2016, citing low passenger usage figures.[2] The station closed following the last day of services on 25 March 2016.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 920. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ a b ＪＲ金華駅廃止へ 北見の無人駅、来年３月 [JR Hokkaido to close unstaffed Kanehana Station in Kitami next March]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ 根室線花咲など８駅廃止、７９本減便 ＪＲ北海道がダイヤ改正 [JR Hokkaido introduces revised timetable - 8 stations closed and 79 services cut]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
External links
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- JR Hokkaido station information (in Japanese)