Muroran Railway Station

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Muroran ( 室 蘭 )
Muroran station 20170709.jpg
View of the train station (July 2017)
Data
Location in the network Terminus
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation M36
opening July 1, 1897
location
City / municipality Muroran
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 42 ° 19 '5 "  N , 140 ° 58' 32"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 '5 "  N , 140 ° 58' 32"  E
Height ( SO ) 2  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

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The Muroran train station ( Japanese 室 蘭 駅 , Muroran-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in the Iburi Sub-prefecture in the Muroran City area .

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Muroran is at the end of a seven-kilometer branch of the Muroran Main Line . It starts at Higashi-Muroran Station , runs entirely within the city ​​and is operated by the JR Hokkaido company. The station is the terminus of the Suzuran express trains, which run five times a day via Tomakomai to Sapporo (there are further connections to long-distance traffic in Higashi-Muroran). There are also regional trains between Muroran and Higashi-Muroran.

On the street that leads past the train station, there are bus stops, which are served by lines of the companies Hokkaidō Chūō Bus and Dōnan Bus .

investment

The terminus is in the Chūō-chō district and has two tracks on a central platform . This leads to the transverse station building , the tower shape of which sets a striking urban accent.

Former station building (June 2007)

The current station was built in 1997 and replaced the previous station building from 1912. This is located to the northwest in the immediate vicinity of the port. It is the oldest wooden train station building on Hokkaidō and is now used as a tourist information center. In 1999 it was included in the list of the material cultural goods of Japan , since 2010 it has been a Japanese railway monuments .

history

Aerial view (1976)

The mining and railroad company Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō opened the section between Muroran and Higashi-Muroran on July 1, 1897 , where it met the line to Iwamizawa that had been built five years earlier . The branch line was part of an extensive project to build an ocean port, it also completed the connection from the mines in the Ishikari coalfield around Iwamizawa to the Muroran steelworks. After the nationalization of the Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō on July 1, 1906, the Railway Office (later the Ministry of Railways ) was responsible. In 1910, it expanded the Muroran – Higashi-Muroran section to two tracks. In 1912 the station was given a new location.

In 1960 the Japanese State Railways extended the branch line to the new Nishi-Muroran freight yard , which was only in operation until 1985. The entire branch line was electrified on October 1, 1980 . On March 14, 1985 the state railway stopped checking in luggage for reasons of cost. 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 company shortened the route by 1.1 kilometers and opened the new station on October 1, 1997, while selling the old station to the city of Muroran.

Adjacent train stations

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Beginning Muroran line Muroran Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Bokoi

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 旧 室 蘭 駅 舎. City of Muroran, accessed July 17, 2016 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 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. 60-61 .
  3. ↑ き ょ う か ら 10 月 室 蘭 見 つ め 85 年 木造 駅 舎 が 引退, Hokkaidō Shimbun, October 1, 1997.