Sappinai Station

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

Sappinai Station was served by the Sasshō Line.

Station layout[edit]

The station had a side platform serving one track. The unmanned 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. ^ 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.