Esashi Station

Esashi Station 江差駅
Esashi Station in August 2011
Location	Esashi, Hiyama, Hokkaido Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Esashi Line
History
Opened	1936
Closed	2014

Esashi Station (江差駅, Esashi-eki) was a railway station on the Esashi Line in Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It opened in 1936 and closed in May 2014.

Lines

Esashi Station was formerly the terminus of the non-electrified section of the Esashi Line from Kikonai.

Station layout

The station consisted of a single side platform serving a single terminating track.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Esashi Line
Kaminokuni		Local	Terminus

History

Esashi Station opened on 10 November 1936.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[1] The station closed in 2014, with the last services on the line running on 11 May.^[2]

References

1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 828. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ 江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

External links

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Stations of the JR Esashi Line

Transferred to South Hokkaido Railway Company in 2016	Goryōkaku Nanaehama Higashi-Kunebetsu Kunebetsu Kiyokawaguchi Kamiiso Moheji Oshima-Tōbetsu Kamaya Izumisawa Satsukari Kikonai

Closed in 2014	Oshima-Tsuruoka Yoshibori Shinmei Yunotai Miyakoshi Katsuraoka Naka-Suda Kaminokuni Esashi

Coordinates: 41°51′23″N 140°07′42″E / 41.8563°N 140.1282°E / 41.8563; 140.1282

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