Osokinai Station

Railway station in Urausu, Hokkaido, Japan

43°24′00″N 141°46′45″E / 43.3999°N 141.7793°E / 43.3999; 141.7793Owned by JR HokkaidoLine(s)■ Sasshō Line Distance58.0km from SōenPlatforms1Tracks1HistoryOpened3 October 1935 (1935-10-03)Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) [1]Passengers2013-20173.2 average daily [2]

Osokinai Station (晩生内駅, Osokinai-eki) was a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Urausu, Kabato District, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Osokinai Station was served by the Sasshō Line.

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The unmanned station building was located beside the platform.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sasshō Line
Sappinai - Satteki

History

The station opened on 3 October 1935.[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

  1. ^ a b "4月のメモ帳". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 974. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. July 2020. p. 153.
  2. ^ "札沼線(北海道医療大学・新十津川間）" (PDF).
  3. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 187. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  4. ^ "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 7 June 2019.
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