Bibai Railway Station

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Bibai ( 美 唄 )
Bibai Station, Hakodate Main Line.jpg
View of the train station (July 2004)
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation A16
opening July 5, 1891
location
City / municipality Bibai
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 43 ° 19 '50 "  N , 141 ° 51' 43"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 '50 "  N , 141 ° 51' 43"  E
Height ( SO ) 27  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

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The Bibai Station ( Japanese 美 唄 駅 , Bibai-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in Sorachi Sub-Prefecture, Bibai City area .

description

Bibai is a through station and former separation station on the Hakodate main line between Sapporo and Asahikawa , the most important railway line Hokkaidōs. The Super Kamui express train , which runs every 30 or 60 minutes, provides the fastest connection with Sapporo and Asahikawa. This offer is supplemented by the Super Sōya and Sarobetsu express trains from Sapporo to Wakkanai and the Ochotsk express train from Sapporo to Abashiri . There are also regional trains between Iwamizawa and Takikawa every 30 to 90 minutes . Various bus lines from the companies Hokkaidō Chūō Bus , Bibai Jidōsha Gakkō and Bibai Shimin Bus stop in the western forecourt of the station .

The train station in the city center is oriented from south to north and has three tracks, two of which are used for passenger traffic. They are on two side platforms with a through track in between. The station building has the shape of a riding station , which spans the entire track system and creates a connection between the western and eastern station forecourt.

history

Aerial view (1976)

The mining and railway company Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō opened the Bibai station on July 5, 1891, together with the section between Iwamizawa and the Sorachi Bridge south of Takikawa . Originally the station was located south of the current location, but on September 1, 1901, it was postponed by around 250 meters due to repeated flood damage. After the nationalization of the Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō on October 1, 1906, the Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) was responsible for the entire route from Sapporo to Asahikawa.

To develop several coal mines east of the city, the mining company Ishikari Sekitan opened the 10.6 km Bibai railway line to Tokiwadai on November 5, 1914 ; a year later the company and the railway line became the property of the Mitsubishi concern. At the request of the Mitsui concern, the Ministry of Railways built another branch line to transport coal. It was 3.0 km long, led to the Minami-Bibai mine and opened on December 1, 1931; operationally it was part of the Hakodate main line.

Mitsubishi closed the line to Tokiwadai on June 1, 1972, followed by the shutdown of the line to Minami-Bibai by the Japanese State Railways on September 9, 1973 . This stopped the other cargo handling on November 15, 1982, on March 14, 1985 also the baggage check-in. 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 . In 2002 it replaced the previous station building with a new building.

Adjacent train stations

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 Lines
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Koshunai Hakodate line Hakodate Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Chashinai
Beginning Regional Mitsubishi Bibai Railway Line
 Tōmei

Web links

Commons : Bibai Station  - Collection of images, 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 Shinbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 36-37 .
  2. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 34–35.
  3. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 314–315.