Rikubetsu Railway Station
| Rikubetsu ( 陸 別 ) | |
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 former train station (September 2008)
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| Location in the network | Connecting station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| opening | September 22, 1910 |
| Conveyance | April 21, 2006 |
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| City / municipality | Rikubetsu |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 28 '3 " N , 143 ° 44' 33" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 209 m TP |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Rikubetsu station ( Japanese 陸 別 駅 , Rikubetsu-eki ) is a former station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . He was in the sub-prefecture of Tokachi in the field of city Rikubetsu and was from 1911 to 2006 in operation. It has been used as a railway museum since 2008.
description
Rikubetsu was a connecting station on the Furusato Ginga Line from Ikeda to Kitami . The station was in the city center and was oriented from southeast to northwest. The Rikubetsu Forest Railway branched off to the east and the Toma Forest Railway to the west. Three tracks were used for passenger traffic. These were located on the house platform and on a central platform that was connected to the station building on the northeast side of the facility by an overpass . To the south of the station there were extensive wood storage areas and wood-processing industries, which were accessed by several freight tracks.
The former station building is now a service station ( Michi no eki ) and is called Aurora Town 93 ( オ ー ロ ラ タ ウ ン 93 ). In addition to the usual facilities, it also includes a small hotel ( Aurora House ), sales counters for the bus companies Hokkaidō Bus and Kitami Bus, and a tourist information center. There is also a small museum about the physician Seki Kansai (1830–1912), who played an important role in the development of the region.
Railway Museum
The station area, which will continue to be maintained, is the location of the Furusato-Ginga-sen Rikubetsu Tetsudō Railway Museum ( ふ る さ と 銀河 線 り く べ つ 鉄 道 ). It has been operated by the Rikubetsu City Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2008 and is open daily from late April to late October. Several vehicles of the former railway company Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō , which operated on the Furusato-Ginga line, are exhibited. There are two diesel railcars each of the CR 70 and CR 75 series, a ballast leveler , a grinding car and a snow blower .
Different types of “driving experiences” are offered on weekends and public holidays. After an introduction and under guidance, visitors can sit behind the wheel of a diesel railcar and drive it by hand. The "S-course" in the station area takes 15 minutes and is intended for beginners. The "L course" for advanced learners based on this takes 80 minutes and includes a journey of around 500 meters. The “Galaxy course” also lasts 80 minutes; people who have already completed the L course can drive a distance of around 1.6 km in the direction of Kitami .
history
The Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) opened the station on September 22, 1910, along with the first section of the Abashiri Line from Kitami . The station was then called Rikunbetsu ( 淕 別 ) and was the southern terminus for a little over a year. With the opening of the following section to Ikeda on September 25, 1911, the construction of the line was completed. From 1912 the Abashiri line was called the Abashiri Main Line. The station building burned down on April 7, 1914 and was replaced the following year.
In 1922 the construction of two started forest paths to the forest to promote in the surrounding woods. The main lines of the Rikubetsu Forest Railway (18.9 km) and the Toman Forest Railway (18.1 km) both opened in 1925. In the following years several branches were added, which had a total length of more than 30 km. In 1953, the state forest administration shut down the Rikubetsu forest railway in favor of newly built roads, and in 1965 also the Toman forest railway.
On November 20, 1949, the Japanese State Railways renamed the station Rikubetsu and four years later equipped it with an overpass. In 1961, the Abashiri main line was renamed the Chikoho line. For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways stopped handling goods on September 10, 1982, and checked baggage on February 1, 1984. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the possession of JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 . The local private railway company Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō took over the route on June 4, 1989 and renamed it Furusato Ginga Line. From 1991 she offered express trains between Kitami and Obihiro , which also stopped in Rikubetsu.
From August 2000 the station building also served as a service area. The Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō gave up the railway operation and put the Furusato Ginga line on April 21, 2006, while the service station operation continued. Almost exactly two years later, on April 20, 2008, the Railway Museum was opened.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ N オ ー ロ ラ タ ウ ン 93 り く べ つ. Hokkaidō Michi no eki, accessed July 27, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ 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. 236-237 .