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Minami-Horonobe Station

Railway station in Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan

Minami-Horonobe Station

南幌延駅

The station platform in May 2005

General information

Location

Minami-horonobe, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3200
Japan

Operated by

Hokkaido Railway Company

Line(s)

■ Soya Main Line

Distance

191.6 km from Asahikawa

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Other information

Status

Unstaffed

Station code

W70

Website

www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/w70_minami-horonobe.html

History

Opened

1 November 1959 (1959-11-01)

Passengers

FY2015

1 daily

Location
Minami-Horonobe Station Location within Japan

Minami-Horonobe Station (南幌延駅, Minami-Horonobe-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 1959, 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 191.6 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.^[1] The station is numbered "W70".

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 Sōya: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Sarobetsu: Does not stop at this station
Onoppunai	Local	Horonobe

History

The station opened on 1 November 1959.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[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 Nukanan) 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

Teshio River

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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. 902. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b 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.