is a railway station on the

Sasshō Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), which connects in Sapporo and in Tōbetu, Ishikari District. Its name is made up of two characters from and , the latter of which was the terminus of the l ...

in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the

Hokkaido Railway Company The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to using its official abbreviation of . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a sm ...

(JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G12. Its name is derived from where it is located -- and , and since there had been a station with the same name enunciatively, it is added with , a short-lived

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

located in Hokkaidō. In addition, the area's names ''Tōbetsubuto'' and ''Bitoe'' are respectively from

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''to-pet-put'', meaning "estuary rises in a lake", and ''pon-pit-o-i'', meaning "a place with a lot of gravel". However, JR Hokkaido has changed its station name from "Ishikari-Futomi" to "Futomi" since 12 March 2022.

Lines

Futomi Station is served by the

(Gakuen Toshi Line) from to .

Station layout

The station has two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track section of the line east of Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station. The station has automated ticket machines and

Kitaca is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Sapporo, Japan. Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō) introduced the system from October 25 2008. Its name means "the card of ", while 北 is also the first ch ...

card readers. The station is unattended.

History

Ishikari-Futomi Station opened on 20 November 1934. Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and .

References

{{Coord, 43.1897, N, 141.4491, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company