Minami-Wakkanai Station

Minami-Wakkanai Station
南稚内駅
Minami-Wakkanai Station in October 2006
Location 1-8 Daikoku, Wakkanai-shi, Hokkaido 097-0005
Japan
Coordinates Coordinates: 45°23′53.5″N 141°40′58.8″E / 45.398194°N 141.683000°E / 45.398194; 141.683000
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) ■ Soya Main Line
Distance 256.7 km from Asahikawa
Other information
Station code W79
Website Official website
History
Opened 25 June 1924
Previous names Wakkanai (until 1939)
Location
Minami-Wakkanai Station
Location within Hokkaido
Minami-Wakkanai Station
Minami-Wakkanai Station (Japan)

Minami-Wakkanai Station (南稚内駅, Minami-Wakkanai-eki, lit. "South Wakkanai Station") is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Minami-Wakkanai Station is served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Soya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai, and lies 256.7 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1] The station is numbered "W79".

Layout

Double track loop, two side platforms, single siding.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sōya Main Line
Toyotomi Limited Express Wakkanai
Bakkai Local Wakkanai

History

The station opened on 25 June 1924, initially named Wakkanai Station (稚内駅).[1] It was renamed Minami-Wakkanai on 1 February 1939 at the same time as the former Wakkanai Minato Station (稚内港駅, lit. "Wakkanai Port Station") was renamed Wakkanai Station.[1]

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 903. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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