Nukanan Station

Nukanan Station
糠南駅

Nukanan Station in May 2005
Location Nukanan, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3200
Japan
Operated by Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s) ■ Soya Main Line
Distance 178.0 km from Asahikawa
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code W67
Website www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/w67_nukanan.html
History
Opened 1 April 1987 (1987-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) <1 daily
Location
Nukanan Station
Location within Japan

Nukanan Station (糠南駅 Nukanan-eki) is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1987, the station is scheduled to close from the start of the revised timetable in March 2017.

Lines

Minami-Horonobe Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 178.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1] The station is numbered "W67".

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Soya Main Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Toikanbetsu Local Onoppunai

History

The station in July 1998

The station opened on 1 April 1987.[1]

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Shimonuma and Minami-Horonobe) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.[2]

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. 901. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 1 2 幌延３駅、来春廃止　ＪＲが町に方針伝達 [3 stations in Horonobe to close next spring - JR notifies town]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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