Hiushinai Station

Hiushinai Station
緋牛内駅
Station building
Location Hiushinai, Tanno-machi, Kitami, Hokkaido
（北海道北見市端野町緋牛内）
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Sekihoku Main Line
Other information
Station code A64
History
Opened 1912

Hiushinai Station (緋牛内駅, Hiushinai-eki) is a railway station located in Hiushinai in the Tanno-chō district of Kitami-shi city in Hokkaidō, Japan and is served by trains running on the Sekihoku Main Line, operated by JR Hokkaido.[1] The station is located in one of the "coldest and remotest areas in Japan."[2]

Platform

Station structure

Hiushinai is an unmanned station with two side platforms alongside two railway tracks. It has a toilet and a waiting room.[1]

Station environs

  • Hiushinai elementary school
  • Hokkaidō highway 556
  • National highway 39

History

  • October 5, 1911: Station opened
  • January 10, 1983: Station became unmanned on completion of CTC system

References

  1. 1 2 "Hiushinai Station unmanned Station information (in Japanese)". 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Japanese Railway Scenery 30" (PDF). Japan Railway 7 Transport Review. 37. 2004. ISSN 1342-7512. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

Coordinates: 43°52′51″N 144°00′00″E / 43.8808°N 144.0000°E / 43.8808; 144.0000

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