Mukawa Railway Station
| Mukawa ( 鵡 川 ) | |
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 View of the train station (May 2007)
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| opening | October 1, 1913 |
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| City / municipality | Mukawa |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 34 '44 " N , 141 ° 55' 25" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 8 m TP |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Mukawa Station ( Japanese 鵡 川 駅 , Mukawa-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in Hidaka Sub-Prefecture in the Mukawa City area .
description
Mukawa is a through station and former separation station on the Hidaka main line . This is operated by the JR Hokkaido railway company and runs from Tomakomai to Samani . The station has two tracks on two offset side platforms . There is also a siding and the access to a small double-track depot , which is used to park railway service vehicles . A pedestrian overpass crosses the tracks to the west of the train station. Due to storm damage, the route southeast of Mukawa is currently closed, which is why all trains turn around here. A rail replacement service is offered between Mukawa and Samani .
There is a bus stop of the Dōnan Bus company on the station forecourt .
history
To supply a paper mill in Tomakomai with wood, the Ōji Seishi concern built a small train to Tomikawa. The line opened on October 1, 1913 by Tomakomai Keibentetsudō ( 苫 小 牧 軽 am 鉄 道 ) led along the coast, had a gauge of 762 mm and was given a train station in Mukawa. In 1927 the Tomakomai Keibentetsudō was nationalized and its route was named Hidaka Line. The now competent railway Ministry then led a Umspurung in the usual Cape gauge (1067 mm); this was completed on November 26, 1929 on the section leading through Mukawa.
On November 1, 1943, the Ministry of Railways opened a section of the Tomiuchi Line from Mukawa to Toyoshiro; on the same day, she renamed the Hidaka Lineage the Hidaka Main Lineage. From 1959 to 1986 the Japanese State Railways offered express trains from Sapporo to Samani with a stop in Mukawa. On February 1, 1977, it stopped handling goods, and exactly seven years later also checked baggage. In addition, it put the Tomiuchi line out of operation on November 1, 1986, so that Mukawa was again a through station. 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 .
The Hidaka main line southeast of Mukawa has been out of service since January 8, 2015 after strong tidal waves washed under the track bed and the damage made the line impassable.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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. 148-149 .
- ↑ 日 高 線 厚 賀 ～ 大 狩 部 間 67k506m 付 近 に お け る 盛 土 流出 に つ い て. (PDF, 1.7 MB) JR Hokkaido, January 13, 2015, accessed August 2, 2016 (Japanese).