Tomakomai train station
| Tomakomai ( 苫 小 牧 ) | |
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 North side of the station (April 2005)
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | H18 |
| opening | August 1, 1892 |
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| City / municipality | Tomakomai |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 38 '23 " N , 141 ° 35' 47" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 7 m TP |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Tomakomai Station ( Jap. 苫小牧駅 , Tomakomai-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaido . It is located in the Iburi Sub-prefecture in the Tomakomai City area .
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Tomakomai is a separation station on the Muroran main line , which runs from Oshamambe via Higashi-Muroran to Iwamizawa . From this the Hidaka main line branches off to Samani in the east . In the neighboring Numanohata station , the Chitose line to Sapporo branches off from the Muroran main line . All lines are operated by the JR Hokkaido company.
The diesel-powered Super Hokuto and Hokuto express trains stop in Tomakomai and run between Sapporo and Hakodate every one to two hours . This offer is supplemented by the electric Suzuran express trains between Sapporo and Muroran . Tomakomai operate from regional trains according Muroran and Iwamizawa (Muroran on the main line) to Sapporo (on the Chitose-line) and after Mukawa (Hidaka on the main line); there is currently no continuous connection to the terminus Samani .
There are bus stops on both sides of the station, which are served by various city and regional lines of the companies Hokkaidō Chūō Bus , Dōnan Bus and Atsuma Bus .
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The station is on the edge of the city center and faces east to west. It has ten tracks, plus three sidings. Four tracks are used for passenger traffic and are located on two central platforms . The station building has the shape of a riding station , which on the one hand delimits the southern station forecourt and on the other hand spans the two central platforms. The riding station is part of an almost 250 meter long covered overpass between a department store and a shopping center, which also serves as a connection between the northern and southern parts of the city.
At the western end of the station area, a works track branches off to a paper mill of the Ōji Seishi company . About three kilometers to the east, near the port, is a freight yard operated by JR Freight .
Tracks
| 1 | ▉ Hidaka main line | Mukawa • Tomikawa • Samani |
| ▉ Chitose line | Numanohata • Minami Chitose • Sapporo • Otaru | |
| ▉ Muroran main line | Higashi Muroran • Muroran | |
| 2 | ▉ Chitose line | Numanohata • Minami Chitose • Sapporo |
| ▉ Muroran main line | Higashi Muroran • Muroran | |
| ▉ Muroran main line | Muroran • Hakodate (express trains) | |
| 3 | ▉ Muroran main line | Oiwake • Iwamizawa |
| ▉ Chitose line | Sapporo • Otaru | |
| ▉ Chitose line | Sapporo (express trains) | |
| 4th | ▉ Muroran main line | Oiwake • Iwamizawa |
| ▉ Muroran main line | Higashi Muroran | |
| ▉ Chitose line | Sapporo • Otaru |
history
The mining and railway company Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō (nationalized in 1906) opened the station on August 1, 1892, together with the Iwamizawa – Higashi-Muroran section of the Muroran main line. The Ōji Seishi company chose Tomakomai as the location for a paper mill . In order to be able to build the associated hydropower plants in the vicinity, the construction of the Ōji-Kleinbahn was necessary. It had a track width of 762 mm and started operations on August 14, 1908. Ōji Seishi also built the Tomakomai small train to Tomikawa and opened it on October 1, 1913. It had the same gauge and was mainly used to transport wood to the paper mill. The Ministry of Railways nationalized the Tomakomai-Kleinbahn in 1927 and renamed it the Hidaka Main Line ; the change of gauge to the usual Cape gauge (1067 mm) was completed on November 26, 1929.
In 1920 the Ministry of Railways expanded the Muroran main line between Tomakomai and Toasa to two tracks. After the opening of the Chitose Line in 1926, Sapporo was directly accessible from Tomakomai. On August 31, 1951, the Ōji small railway was shut down. In 1953, the Japanese State Railways expanded the Tomakomai – Itoi section to two tracks. In connection with the construction of new port facilities, the westernmost section of the Hidaka main line between Tomakomai and Yufutsu received a new route in 1962. Part of the previous route was incorporated into the Tomakomai port railway, opened in 1968, which was in operation until 1998 and was shut down three years later.
The Muroran main line has been electrified since October 1, 1980 . For cost reasons, the state railway stopped checking in luggage on November 1, 1986. 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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.svg){kind=logo} Muroran Main Line JR Hokkaido |
Numanohata | ||
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Hidaka Main Line, JR Hokkaido |
Yūfutsu | ||
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 Ōji-Kleinbahn (1908–1951) Ōji Seishi |
Roku-mairu | ||
Web links
- JR Hokkaido Station Information (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ a b 苫 小 牧 市 史, Volume 1, 1975 (History of the City of Tomakomai).
- ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 148–149.
- ↑ Shunzō Miyawaki: 鉄 道 廃 線 跡 を 歩 く (hiking along disused railway lines) . tape 10 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 2003, ISBN 978-4-533-04908-8 , pp. 34-35 .