Bihoro train station

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Bihoro ( 美 幌 )
View of the train station (June 2009)
View of the train station (June 2009)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation A65
opening October 5, 1912
location
City / municipality Bihoro
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 43 ° 50 '12 "  N , 144 ° 6' 22"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 '12 "  N , 144 ° 6' 22"  E
Height ( SO ) 12  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

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The Bihoro Station ( Japanese 幌 駅 , Bihoro-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in the Okhotsk sub-prefecture on the territory of the Bihoro municipality .

description

Bihoro is a through station and former separation station on the main Sekihoku line . This leads from Asahikawa via Kitami to Abashiri and is operated by the company JR Hokkaido . All trains running here stop at this station. In long-distance four connecting daily Okhotsk - Express couples the prefecture capital of Sapporo with Asahikawa and Abashiri. In local transport, there is a regional train between Kitami and Abashiri every two to three hours .

The station is located on the northern outskirts and is oriented from northwest to southeast. It has two tracks, both of which are used for passenger traffic. They are located on a covered central platform that is connected to the reception building on the southwest side of the facility by a covered overpass . There is a bus terminal on the station forecourt , which is served by lines from the companies Akan Bus , Hokkaidō Kitami Bus , Abshiri Bus and Abashiri Kankō Kōtsū .

Aerial view (1977)

history

The Railway Office (the forerunner of the Railway Ministry ) opened the Kitami – Abashiri section of the Abashiri Main Line ( 網 走 本 線 , Abashiri-honsen ) on October 5, 1912 . On November 17, 1927, the Aioi line to Kitami-Aioi, branching off in Bihoro, was opened . It should have led to Kushiro , but was never finished. A major fire destroyed part of the reception building on June 24, 1953, which was then rebuilt and expanded. The sugar processing company Nippon Tensai Seitō built a 3.5 km long connecting line to the Yoshihoro sugar factory and put it into operation on October 18, 1959. On April 1, 1961, the Kitami – Abashiri section of the Abashiri main line became part of the Sekihoku main line.

For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways stopped checking in on March 14, 1985. Two weeks later, on April 1, 1985, it shut down the Aioi line; since then Bihoro can only be reached via the main Sekihoku line. 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 May 1991, JR Freight closed the connecting line to the sugar factory, and on April 1, 2002 also the freight yard. The station has not been staffed since April 30, 2016.

Adjacent train stations

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 Lines
→
Hiushinai Sekihoku line Sekihoku Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Nishi-Memambetsu
Beginning Regional Aioi Line (1924–1985)
Japanese State Railways 		Asahi-dōri

Web links

Commons : Bihoro Train Station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tetsudō fan . tape 35 , No. 8. Koyusha, Naha 1998, pp. 57 .
  2. ↑ a b Satoru Sone: 週刊 歴 史 で め ぐ る 鉄 道 全 路線 国 鉄 ・ JR . tape 28 . Asahi Shimbunsha, Osaka 2010, p. 22-23 .
  3. ↑ ４ 駅 窓 口 業務 終了 奈 井 江 ・ 美 幌 ・ 留 辺 蘂 ・ 美 深 地 元 か ら 職員 配置 も . Hokkaidō Shimbun, April 15, 2016.