Ashibetsu Railway Station

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Ashibetsu ( 芦 別 )
Ashibetsu1.jpg
View of the train station (July 2007)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation T26
opening November 10, 1913
location
City / municipality Ashibetsu
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 43 ° 31 '0 "  N , 142 ° 11' 3"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 31 '0 "  N , 142 ° 11' 3"  E
Height ( SO ) 94  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

  • Mitsui Ashibetsu Railway
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The Ashibetsu Station ( Jap. 芦別駅 , Ashibetsu-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaido . It is located in Sorachi Sub-Prefecture, Ashibetsu City .

description

Ashibetsu is a through station and former separation station on the Nemuro main line . It runs from Takikawa via Obihiro and Kushiro to Nemuro and is operated by the JR Hokkaido company. Regional trains run approximately every two hours from Takikawa via Furano to Shintoku . On certain days in summer, the “Lavender Express” from Sapporo to Furano also stops here (one pair of trains per day).

The station is located on the edge of the city center and is oriented from northwest to southeast. It has three tracks, two of which are used for passenger traffic. They are located on the house platform and on a side platform . The latter is connected to the reception building on the northeast side of the facility by a covered overpass . A pedestrian bridge runs parallel to it, connecting the station forecourt with the western parts of the city.

The freight station next to the passenger station is no longer in operation and is being left to decay; the former tracks are overgrown.

history

Aerial view (1977)

On November 10, 1913, the Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) opened the route from Takikawa to Furano , eliminating the long detour via Asahikawa between Sapporo and the east of the island . The station was initially called Shimo-Ashibetsu ( 下 芦 別 ). The new route through the upper Sorachi valley made it possible to develop a coal mining area , which is why a freight station was built here. Within a few years Ashibetsu grew to a city with over 70,000 inhabitants, and the importance of the train station in long-distance traffic increased accordingly. In May 1920, the company Ashibetsu Tankō took an 8 km long small railway into operation, which led to mines in a side valley. The Mitsubishi group took over part of it in 1923 and completely in 1928, but closed it down in 1933.

The Mitsui Group was also active in the region . On November 25, 1940, he opened a branch line to Tanagawa. The 9.1 km long route of the Mitsui Ashibetsu Tetsudō served in the first few years exclusively for coal transport, from January 20, 1949 passenger trains also ran there. In addition, two cable cars from the train station to a coal mine and a gold mine were in operation from 1942 to 1966. On May 1, 1946, the station was given its current name. In the 1960s, coal mining began to decline and the city began to shrink significantly. The Mitsui Ashibetsu Tetsudō gave up on May 31, 1972 passenger traffic.

After the opening of the Sekishō Line, which ran further south, on October 1, 1981, Ashibetsu lost massive importance in long-distance traffic. For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways stopped checking in luggage on March 14, 1985, and cargo handling on November 1, 1986. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the possession of the new company JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 . JR Freight operated the freight yard for the time being to take over coal loads from Mitsui Ashibetsu Tetsudō . The branch line was also closed for freight traffic on March 26, 1989, and JR Freight closed the freight yard a day later.

Adjacent train stations

←
 Lines
→
Hiragishi Nemuro line Nemuro Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Kami-Ashibetsu
Beginning Regional Mitsui-Ashibetsu Railway (1940-1989)
Mitsui 		Kōkōdōri

Web links

Commons : Ashibetsu Train Station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shimbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 72-73 .
  2. ↑ a b c Japan Railfan Magazine, Issue 8, No. 35. Kōyūsha, Nagoya, August 1995.
  3. ↑ 運輸 省 告示 第 136 号 (Ministry of Transport Notice No. 136). Japanese Government Gazette, April 30, 1946, accessed August 11, 2016 (Japanese).