Ōmu station

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Ōmu ( 雄武 )
Roadside station Omu.jpg
Rest area at the location of the former train station
Data
Location in the network Terminus
Platform tracks 2
opening September 15, 1935
Conveyance July 15, 1985
location
City / municipality Ōmu
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 44 ° 35 '0 "  N , 142 ° 57' 35"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 35 '0 "  N , 142 ° 57' 35"  E
Height ( SO ) 2  m  TP
Railway lines

Decommissioned:

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The Ōmu station ( Japanese 雄武 駅 , Ōmu-eki ) is a former train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It was located in Okhotsk Sub-Prefecture, on the territory of the City of warmu, and operated from 1935 to 1985.

description

Ōmu was the northern terminus of the 19.9 km long Kōhin south line , which branched off in Okoppe from the (also disused) Nayoro main line. The train station was located in the city center not far from the town hall and was oriented from southeast to northwest. It had a track for passenger traffic, the station building was on the east side of the facility. Another track was used for freight traffic. Both led about 200 meters further to a small depot with a turntable . In addition, a private siding branched off , which led north-east near the port.

The station building was demolished and replaced by a service station ( Michi no eki ) in 2000 . It also serves as a bus terminal and has an observation tower as a special feature.

Aerial View (1975)

history

The Ministry of Railways opened the station on September 15, 1935. The Kōhin South Line coming from Okoppe and ending here was planned as part of the Kōhin Line, which should run along the entire coast of the Sea of Okhotsk and connect Abashiri with Wakkanai . The Kōhin northern line ended in 1936 in Kitami-Esashi , which is more than 50 km away . A significant part of the substructure already existed on the section in between , but after the outbreak of the Pacific War in July 1937, all construction work was stopped. Railway operations on the Kōhin South Line were suspended from November 1, 1944 to December 5, 1945 for reasons of rationing.

In 1950, construction began on a small train from Ōmu to Kamiōmu. The route was 12.0 km long and was primarily intended to transport wood and sugar beet. It was opened in 1953, but due to the onset of mass motorization , it was shut down the following year and finally dismantled in 1956. In 1959 the station building was replaced by a new building. In 1960 the Ministry of Transport decided to complete the Kōhin Line, but the volume of traffic decreased significantly in the following years. There was no further construction work and the project was finally abandoned in 1977.

For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways stopped handling goods and checked baggage on February 1, 1984. A little over a year later, on July 15, 1985, they shut down the Kōhin south line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shunzō Miyawaki, Katsumasa Harada: 国 鉄 全線 各 駅 停車 1 北海道 690 駅 . Shogakukan, Tokyo 1983, ISBN 978-4-09-395101-2 , pp. 214 .
  2. ↑ Okoppe History Commission (ed.): 興 部 町 百年 史 (100 years of Okoppe history). Okoppe 1993, p. 1008.
  3. ↑ Kazuo Tanaka: 北海道 の 鉄 道 (The railway in Hokkaidō) . Hokkaidō Shimbun, Sapporo 2001, ISBN 978-4-89453-136-9 , pp. 274-275 .
  4. ↑ 興 部 町 百年 史. P. 1009.