Bifuka train station

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Bifuka ( 美 深 )
View of the train station (September 2004)
View of the train station (September 2004)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation W54
opening November 3, 1911
location
City / municipality Bifuka
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 44 ° 29 '0 "  N , 142 ° 21' 1"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 29 '0 "  N , 142 ° 21' 1"  E
Height ( SO ) 80  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

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The Bifuka train station ( Japanese 美 深 駅 , Bifuka-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in Kamikawa Sub-prefecture in the Bifuka Township area .

description

Bifuka is a through station and former separation station on the Sōya main line . This leads from Asahikawa via Nayoro to Wakkanai and is operated by the company JR Hokkaido . All trains running here stop at this station. Two pairs of express trains of the type Super Sōya (consisting of tilting railcars ) connect the prefecture capital Sapporo with Asahikawa and Wakkanai every day . In addition, the Sarobetsu, which is made up of conventional rolling stock, is used on the same connection once a day . Regional trains run four times a day to Nayoro and Otoineppu .

Aerial view (1977)

The station is east of the city center and faces south to north. It has two tracks, both of which are used for passenger traffic. They are located on the main platform and on a partially covered side platform , which is connected to the reception building on the west side of the facility by a covered overpass . A striking feature of the building is a clock tower , the bell of which rings each time the Super Soya arrives . There is a bus stop on the street in front of the train station, which is operated by the Meishi Bus company.

history

The Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) opened the station on November 5, 1912, along with the section between Onnenai and Otoineppu. On October 5, 1964, the Japanese State Railways took the Bikō Line into operation, a 21.2 km long branch line from Bifuka to Niupu. For cost reasons, the state railway stopped handling goods on November 15, 1982, and checked baggage on February 1, 1984. After just 21 years of operation, the Bikō line was shut down on November 17, 1985. 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 .

Adjacent train stations

←
 Lines
→
Minami-Bifuka Sōya line Soya Main Line,
JR Hokkaido 		Hatsuno
Beginning Regional Bikō Line (1964–1985)
Japanese State Railways 		Higashi-bifuka

Web links

Commons : Bifuka 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. 90-91 .
  2. ↑ Satoru Sone: 週刊 歴 史 で め ぐ る 鉄 道 全 路線 国 鉄 ・ JR . tape 20 . Asahi Shimbunsha, Osaka 2009, p. 14-17 .