Kyū-Shirataki Station

Kyū-Shirataki Station
旧白滝駅

The station platform in June 2009
Location Kyūshirataki, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido 099-0102
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Sekihoku Main Line
Distance 88.3 km from Shin-Asahikawa
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Status Closed
Station code A46
History
Opened 11 February 1947 (1947-02-11)
Closed 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Location
Kyū-Shirataki Station
Location within Japan

Kyū-Shirataki Station (旧白滝駅 Kyū-Shirataki-eki, lit. "Old Shirataki") was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1947, the station closed in March 2016.

Lines

Shimo-Shirataki Station was served by the single-track Sekihoku Main Line, lying 88.3 km from the official starting point of the line at Shin-Asahikawa. The station was numbered "A46".

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving the otherwise single-track line. The station was unstaffed, but had a station structure and waiting room.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sekihoku Main Line
Limited Express Okhotsk: Does not stop at this station
Limited Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Shirataki   Local   Shimo-Shirataki

History

The station opened on 11 February 1947.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

In July 2015, JR Hokkaido announced that it would be closing the station along with three others on the line (Shimo-Shirataki Station, Kami-Shirataki Station, and Kanehana Station) in March 2016, due to low passenger usage.[2] According to a news report, as of January 2016, there was only one passenger using the station regularly;[3] later reports suggest that there were in fact over 10 additional passengers.[4]

The station closed following the last day of services on 25 March 2016.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 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. 918. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 上白滝・旧白滝・下白滝の3駅も廃止 JR石北線、来年3月に [3 JR Sekihoku Line stations Kami-Shirataki, Kyu-Shirataki, and Shimo-Shirataki to close next March]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. Poon, Linda (8 January 2016). "Japan Keeps The Defunct Kyu-Shirataki Train Station Open for Just One High-School Girl". CityLab. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. "Remote Hokkaido train station stays open for one high school girl? Perhaps not". The Straits Times (Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. 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. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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Coordinates: 43°55′12″N 143°14′12″E / 43.9199°N 143.2367°E / 43.9199; 143.2367

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