Kunnui Railway Station

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Kunnui ( 国 縫 )
Kunnui railway station.jpg
View of the train station (May 2008)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation H49
opening November 3, 1903
location
City / municipality Oshamambe
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 42 ° 26 '19 "  N , 140 ° 19' 14"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '19 "  N , 140 ° 19' 14"  E
Height ( SO ) 4  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

Decommissioned:

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The Kunnui Station ( Japanese 国 縫 駅 , Kunnui-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in Oshima Sub-Prefecture , in the Oshamambe Township area .

description

Kunnui is a through station and former separation station on the Hakodate main line between Hakodate and Sapporo , Hokkaidō's main railway line . This is operated by the company JR Hokkaido . Regional trains run five times a day to Oshamambe and Mori . There is a bus stop nearby on the main road with a Hakodate Bus line .

The train station is located on the western edge of the town of Kunnui and faces south to north. It has three tracks, two of which are used for passenger traffic. These are located on the main platform and on a central platform that is connected to the reception building on the east side of the facility by a covered overpass . The western track on the central platform is now only used for through traffic.

Aerial view (1976)

history

The private railway company Hokkaidō Tetsudō opened the station on November 3, 1903, together with the section of the Hakodate main line from Mori via Oshamambe to Neppu. After the nationalization on July 1, 1907, the Railway Office (later the Railway Ministry ) was responsible. On December 13, 1929, this began operating the first section of the Setana line to Hanaishi, which began in Kunnui; It took another three years to complete this branch line leading to Setana . In 1939 the station building was replaced by a new building.

In 1966 the Japanese State Railways expanded the Kunnui – Nakanosawa section of the Hakodate main line to two tracks, and four years later the Kunnui – Kita-Toyotsu section. On February 1, 1984, for cost reasons, it stopped handling and checking in luggage. In addition, service by express trains ended on November 1, 1986. The Setana line was shut down on March 16, 1987 along its entire length, making Kunnui a pure through station again. Two weeks later, on April 1, 1987, the station became the property of the new company JR Hokkaido as part of the state railway privatization . The station has not been staffed since 1992.

Adjacent train stations

←
 Lines
→
Kita Toyotsu Hakodate line Hakodate Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Nakanosawa
Beginning Regional Setana Line (1929–1987)
Japanese State Railways 		Chayagawa

Web links

Commons : Kunnui 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. 34-35 .
  2. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道. Pp. 172-177.
  3. ↑ JR Hokkaido, Hakodate Branch (Ed.): 道 南 鉄 道 100 年 史 (100-year history of the Southern Railway). Hakodate, 2003.