Kitami train station

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Kitami ( 北 見 )
View of the train station (October 2009)
View of the train station (October 2009)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation A60
opening September 25, 1911
location
City / municipality Kitami
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 43 ° 48 '18 "  N , 143 ° 53' 52"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '18 "  N , 143 ° 53' 52"  E
Height ( SO ) 70  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

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The Kitami Station ( Jap. 北見駅 , Kitami-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaido . It is located in the Okhotsk Sub-prefecture in the Kitami City area .

description

Kitami is a through station and former separation station on the main Sekihoku line . This leads from Asahikawa 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. There is also the Kitami express train from Asahikawa to Kitami and back once a day . In local transport, there is a regional train between Engaru and Abashiri every two to three hours .

The train station is located near the city center and faces southwest to northeast. It has five tracks, three of which are used for passenger traffic. These are located on the main platform and on a covered central platform , which is connected to the reception building on the northwest side of the facility by a covered overpass . In addition, a wide walkway connects the western and eastern forecourt of the station. The bus companies Hokkaidō Kitami Bus and Tsubetsu Chōei Bus jointly operate a central bus station . This is located on the ground floor of the neighboring Parabo shopping and administration center .

A small container terminal operated by JR Freight is located to the northeast of the station . The single-track system is mainly used for loading agricultural products during harvest time. To the southwest of the passenger station there is a depot for waiting and parking trains; two tracks are in the open, three in a depot .

history

Aerial view (1977)

Kitami Station was originally called Nokkeushi ( 野 付 牛 ). It was opened on September 25, 1911 when the Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) opened a section of the Abashiri Main Line ( 網 走 本 線 , Abashiri-honsen ) coming from Ikeda . On October 5, 1912 the section from Nokkeushi to Abashiri followed . On November 18 of the same year the opening of the first section of the Yūbetsu line branching off here ( 湧 別 線 , Yūbetsu-sen ) to Rubeshibe took place. From October 1, 1932, the Yūbetsu Line was part of the Sekihoku Line ( 石 北 線 , Sekihoku-sen ).

The Ministry of Railways opened short connecting routes to a slaughterhouse and a grain silo in 1933 and 1937 . In 1940 another siding was added to an ammunition factory, which was in operation until the end of the Pacific War . On October 1, 1942, the station was renamed Kitami. The Japanese State Railways , which was responsible from 1949, set up a storage facility for passenger and freight trains a year later, including a roundhouse . The Abashiri main line was divided into two parts on April 1, 1961: While the part between Kitami and Abashiri together with the Sekihoku line formed the new Sekihoku main line, the part between Kitami and Ikeda had the new name Chihoku Line ( 池 北 線 , Chihoku Line ).

In 1983 the state railway built a new station building. On November 1, 1986, it stopped checking in luggage for cost reasons and replaced the previous cargo handling with a container terminal . As part of the privatization of the state railways, the station became the property of the new company JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 , while JR Freight took over the freight traffic. JR Hokkaido planned to shut down the Chihoku line, but transferred it on June 4, 1989 to the Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō , a company supported by regional authorities. The Chihoku line was given the new name Furusato Ginga line . However, the new owner did not succeed in operating the line profitably, so it had to be shut down on April 21, 2006. Since then, Kitami station has only been served by the main Sekihoku line.

Adjacent train stations

platform

←
 Lines
→
Nishi Kitami Sekihoku line Sekihoku Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Hakuyō
Hokkosha Regional Furusato Ginga lineage (1911-2006)
Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō 		The End

Web links

Commons : Kitami Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 104-105 .
  3. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 , pp. 100-101.
  4. ↑ 95 年 の 旅 終 着 駅 銀河 線 北 見 に 最終 列車 . Hokkaidō Shimbun, April 21, 2006.