was a railway station on the
Rumoi Main Line
The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa and Rumoi Station in Rumoi. Until the section of the Hidaka Main Line from to was closed on 1 Apri ...
in
Mashike, Hokkaido
is a town located in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 4,634 and a density of 13 persons per km2. The total area is 369.64 km2.
Mashike's main distinction is the sake b ...
, Japan, operated by
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 closed on 4 December 2016.
Lines
Mashike Station was the terminus of the
Rumoi Main Line
The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa and Rumoi Station in Rumoi. Until the section of the Hidaka Main Line from to was closed on 1 Apri ...
from . The station was unstaffed.
Adjacent stations
History
The station opened on 5 November 1921.
On 10 August 2015, JR Hokkaido announced its plans to close the 16.7 km section of the line beyond Rumoi to Mashike in 2016.
In April 2016, it was officially announced that the section from Rumoi to Mashike would be closing in December 2016, with the last services operating on 4 December.
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
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Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
JR Hokkaido station information
Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company
Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture
Railway stations closed in 2016
2016 disestablishments in Japan
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921
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