Oiwake train station

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Oiwake ( 追 分 )
JRHokkaidoOiwake-eki01.JPG
View of the train station (May 2013)
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation K15
opening November 1, 1892
location
City / municipality Abira
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 42 ° 52 '26 "  N , 141 ° 48' 38"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 52 '26 "  N , 141 ° 48' 38"  E
Height ( SO ) 48  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

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The Oiwake station ( Japanese 分 駅 , Oiwake-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in the Iburi sub-prefecture in the area of ​​the city of Abira .

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Oiwake is a crossing station : the Muroran main line , which connects Iwamizawa with Muroran and Oshamambe , runs in a north-south direction . The Sekishō line coming from Minami-Chitose flows into the southwest . This branches off north of the station eastwards towards Yūbari and Obihiro . Both lines are operated by the JR Hokkaido company.

On the Sekishō lines, the Super Ōzora express trains from Sapporo to Kushiro (6 train pairs per day) and Super Tokachi from Sapporo to Obihiro (5 train pairs per day) stop in Oiwake . In addition, there are regional trains between Minami-Chitose and Yūbari approximately every two to three hours . Seven pairs of regional trains run daily between Iwamizawa and Tomakomai on the Muroran Main Line.

In front of the train station there is an Atsuma Bus bus stop .

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The station is located on the edge of the city center and is arranged in a north-south direction. It has six tracks, four of which are used for passenger traffic. These are located on the house platform , a central platform and an adjoining, north-facing tongue platform . A covered overpass connects the central platform with the reception building on the east side of the facility. To the south of it, a pedestrian walkway crosses the tracks, but without any connection to the platforms.

Tracks

1 ▉  Sekishō line Minami Chitose • Sapporo
▉  Sekishō line Shin-Yūbari • Obihiro • Kushiro
2 ▉  Muroran main line Tomakomai
▉  Sekishō line Shin-Yūbari
3 ▉  Muroran main line Iwamizawa
▉  Sekishō line Shin-Yūbari
4th ▉  Sekishō line (Reserve track)

history

Aerial View (1975)

The mining and railway company Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō opened the station on August 1, 1892, together with the Iwamizawa – Higashi-Muroran section of the Muroran main line . Three months later, on November 1, 1982, she took the Yūbari Line ( 夕 張 線 , Yūbari-sen ) into operation, which branched off in Oiwake and led to the mining town of Yūbari . It was of paramount importance for the transport of the coal mined there to the port of Muroran . After the nationalization of the Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō on July 1, 1906, the Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) was responsible for both lines. The Oiwake – Kawabata section was expanded to two tracks in 1917, but the second track was removed just 13 years later. The double track expansion on the Muroran main line between Oiwake and Mikawa in 1944 has remained in place to this day.

For decades, the two railway lines were mainly geared towards coal mining, but this collapsed almost completely in the 1970s. On the other hand, there was no direct connection to the rapidly growing agglomeration of Sapporo . For this reason, the Japanese State Railways built a new line between Oiwake and Minami-Chitose and put it into operation on October 1, 1981. The new Sekishō line emerged from the existing Yūbari line . For cost reasons, the state railroad stopped handling goods and checking in luggage on February 1, 1984. 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 .

Adjacent train stations

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 Lines
→
Abira Muroran line Muroran Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Mikawa
Minami chitose Sekishō line Sekishō Line
JR Hokkaido 		Kawabata

Web links

Commons : Oiwake 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. 60-61 .
  2. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, p. 312.
  3. ↑ 石 勝 線 き ょ う 開業 (Sekishō Line opened today), Hokkaidō Shimbun, October 1, 1981.