Chiraiotsu Station

Chiraiotsu Station

知来乙駅
Station building (July 2017)
General information
LocationJapan
Coordinates43°19′54″N 141°38′58″E / 43.3318°N 141.6495°E / 43.3318; 141.6495
Owned by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line
Distance44.2km from Sōen
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened1 July 1958 (1958-07-01)
Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) [1]
Passengers
2013-20175.0 average daily [2]
Station platform (July 2017

Chiraiotsu Station (知来乙駅, Chiraiotsu-eki) was a train station in Tsukigata, Kabato District, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Lines

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The station entrance was located on the south end of the platform, where the unmanned station building was also located.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sasshō Line
Tsukigaoka - Ishikari-Tsukigata

History

The station opened on 1 July 1958.

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.[3] The actual last service was on 17 April 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

References

  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. ^ "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.
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