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K45 Ombetsu Station 音別駅  | |||||||||||
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 Station building in September 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Chome Onbetsucho Motomachi, Kushiro, Hokkaido 088-0115 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°53′20.59″N 143°55′54.36″E / 42.8890528°N 143.9317667°E | ||||||||||
| System | regional rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido.svg){kind=logo} JR Freight | ||||||||||
| Line | Nemuro Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 128.8km from Shintoku | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unattended | ||||||||||
| Station code | K45 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 March 1903 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 39 daily | ||||||||||
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Ombetsu Station (音別駅, Ombetsu-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[1][2] The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Nemuro Main Line, and lies 128.8 km from the starting point of the line at Shintoku .[3]
Layout
[edit]Ombetsu Station has two opposed side platforms, connected by a level crossing. All trains normally use Platform 1, the main track, adjacent to the station building. Platform 2, serving the secondary track, is used only when trains need to pass.[2] The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Nemuro Main Line | for Kushiro for Obihiro |
| 2 | ■ Nemuro Main Line | (used only when there are passing trains) |
Waiting room
Platform with level crossing
Freight train at Onbetsu Station
History
[edit]The station opened on 1 March 1903 as a station on the Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō. It was transferred to the Ministry of Railways on 1 April 1905. The station was severely damaged in an airstrike on 14 July 1945. Freight operations were containerized in 1984. Following the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido and the Japan Freight Railway Company. [3]Onbetsu station became unstaffed in 2021.[4]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 39 passengers daily.[5]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Hokkaido Prefectural Route 241 Main Onbetsu Station Line
- Japan National Route 38
- Kushiro City Hall Onbetsu Town Administrative Center (formerly Onbetsu Town Hall)
- Onbetsu Post Office
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory Kushiro Plant
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.
- 1 2 "音別駅" [Ombetsu Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- 1 2 Ishino, Satoshi (1998). 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 (in Japanese). Japan Travel Bureau. p. 880. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ↑ "音別駅「駅員さん、ありがとう」13日から無人化". Hokkaido Shimbun Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "第10編 運輸・通信・電気・ガス・水道" (PDF). 釧路市. 2020. p. 115. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Ombetsu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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