Kitami-Takinoue Railway Station
| Kitami Takinoue ( 北 見 滝 ノ 上 ) | |
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 former station building
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 1 |
| opening | November 5, 1923 |
| Conveyance | April 1, 1985 |
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| City / municipality | Takinoue |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 11 '38 " N , 143 ° 4' 15" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 131 m TP |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Kitami-Takinoue Station ( Jap. 北見滝ノ上駅 , Kitami-Takinoue-eki ) is a former railway station on the Japanese island of Hokkaido . It was located in Okhotsk Sub-Prefecture, on the territory of Takinoue Township, and operated from 1923 to 1985.
description
Kitami-Takinoue was the western terminus of the 34.3 km long Shokotsu line , which branched off from the (also disused) Nayoro main line in Shokotsu . The station was in the Sakurugenya district and faced east-west. It had a track for passenger traffic, the station building was on the north side of the facility. There were also several tracks for freight traffic and a siding with a turntable .
After the station was closed, the station building was relocated a few meters to the south towards the mountainside, but otherwise retained its former appearance. It is now used as a railway museum. A shunting locomotive is permanently parked in front of the building .
history
The Ministry of Railways opened the station on November 5, 1923, along with the entire Shokotsu line to Shokotsu near Mombetsu . Takinoue was an important center of forestry and large quantities of timber were loaded in the station . In addition, there were several sawmills and timber stores around the station. The intention was to continue the route south past Mount Teshio-dake to Kamikawa on the main Sekihoku line , but this project was not pursued. In the mid-1950s, freight traffic began to decline continuously. For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways gave up freight traffic on December 1, 1978, and baggage check-in on February 1, 1984. The Shokotsu Line was shut down on April 1, 1985.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Shunzō Miyawaki, Katsumasa Harada: 国 鉄 全線 各 駅 停車 1 北海道 690 駅 . Shogakukan, Tokyo 1983, ISBN 978-4-09-395101-2 , pp. 215 .
- ↑ Atsushi Shirakawa: 全国 保存 鉄 道 III 東 日本 編 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 978-4-533-03096-3 , pp. 54 .
- ↑ Hiroshi Yokohira: 旧 国 鉄 ・ 渚 滑 線 の 形成 過程 と 路線 効果 . In: Japanese Engineering Society (ed.): 土木 史 研究 . tape 21 . Shinjuku 2001, p. 175–179 , doi : 10.2208 / journalhs1990.21.175 (Japanese).