Coordinates: 43°22′14″N 141°44′34″E / 43.3706°N 141.7429°E / 43.3706; 141.7429

Sappinai Station

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Sappinai Station

札比内駅
The station building, August 2017
General information
LocationTsukigata, Kabato, Hokkaido
Japan
Coordinates43°22′14″N 141°44′34″E / 43.3706°N 141.7429°E / 43.3706; 141.7429
Owned by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line
Distance53.5km from Sōen
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened3 October 1935 (1935-10-03)
Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) [1]
Passengers
2013-20173.2 average daily [2]

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

Sappinai 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
Toyogaoka - Osokinai

History

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

  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. ^ a b 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.
  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 2019-06-07.
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