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Sappinai Station 札比内駅 | |||||
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 The station building, August 2017 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Tsukigata, Kabato, Hokkaido Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°22′14″N 141°44′34″E / 43.3706°N 141.7429°E | ||||
| Owner | .svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido | ||||
| Line | ■ Sasshō Line | ||||
| Distance | 53.5km from Sōen | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 3 October 1935 | ||||
| Closed | 17 April 2020 [1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2013-2017 | 3.2 average daily [2] | ||||
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Sappinai Station (札比内駅, Sappinai-eki) was a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tsukigata, Kabato District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Lines
[edit]Sappinai Station was served by the Sasshō Line.
Station layout
[edit]The station had a side platform serving one track. The unstaffed station building was located beside the platform.
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sasshō Line | ||||
| Toyogaoka | - | Osokinai | ||
History
[edit]The station opened on 3 October 1935.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[3]
In December 2018, it was announced that the station would be closed on 7 May 2020, along with the rest of the non-electrified section of the Sasshō Line.[4] The actual last service was on 17 April 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "4月のメモ帳". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 974. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. July 2020. p. 153.
- ↑ "札沼線(北海道医療大学・新十津川間）" (PDF).
- 1 2 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. 833. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ↑ "JR札沼線、北海道医療大学－新十津川間が廃止へ 2020年5月、地元と合意". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-07.
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