Haboro train station
| Haboro ( 羽 幌 ) | |
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 today's bus terminal (May 2010)
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Connecting station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| opening | September 1, 1932 |
| Conveyance | March 30, 1987 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Haboro |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 21 '39 " N , 141 ° 42' 21" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 12 m TP |
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Decommissioned: |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Haboro Station ( Japanese 羽 幌 駅 , Haboro-eki ) is a former train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It was located in the Rumoi sub-prefecture on the territory of the city of Haboro and was in operation from 1932 to 1987.
description
Haboro was a connecting station on the Haboro line from Rumoi to Horonobe . The station was located southeast of the city center and was oriented from southwest to northeast. It had three tracks, two of which were used for passenger traffic. These were located on a central platform that was connected to the station building on the west side of the facility by an overpass . There were also several side tracks for freight traffic. The former reception building has been completely modernized and now serves as the bus terminal for the Engaru Bus company .
The area of the Haboro branch of the State Forestry Office extended south of the plant with an extensive wood pile area. From there, a forest railway opened up various areas in the southeastern valley of the Haboro-gawa.
history
The Ministry of Railways opened the station on September 1, 1932, along with the section of the Haboro Line from Kotambetsu. Haboro was then the northern terminus for a little over nine years, until the line was extended to Chikubetsu on December 9, 1941 (the continuous connection between Rumoi and Horonobe was not completed until 1958).
In 1942 the state forestry authority opened a 14 km long forest railway with a gauge of 762 mm, the starting point of which was the Haboro station. It was continuously extended every year until it finally reached its maximum length of 44.4 km in 1957. In addition to wood, it also transported other goods from 1954. Due to the gradual changeover to truck transport, the forest railway was gradually shortened and completely shut down in 1963.
From 1962 to 1986 a pair of express trains ran daily from Sapporo via Rumoi to Horonobe, with a stop in Haboro. The Japanese National Railways introduced on 1 February 1984 for cost reasons, cargo handling and baggage one. On March 30, 1987, two days before privatization, it shut down the entire Haboro line. A railway signal that is attached to a side wall of the former station is a reminder of the former rail traffic.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 270-271 .
- ↑ 羽 幌 森林 鉄 道. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Keisuke Imao: 日本 鉄 道 旅行 地 図 帳 (Japan Rail Travel Atlas ) . tape 1 Hokkaidō. Shinchosha, Tokyo 2008, ISBN 978-4-10-790019-7 , pp. 50-51 .