is a railway station on the
Chitose Line
The is a railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), connecting Numanohata, Tomakomai and Shiroishi Station in Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, linking the Muroran Main Line and Hakodate Main Line. There also is a branch ...
and
Muroran Main Line
The is a railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), between Oshamambe Station in Oshamambe and Iwamizawa Station in Iwamizawa, approximately paralleling the coast of Iburi Subprefecture. There also is a branc ...
in
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
is a city and port in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the largest city in the Iburi Subprefecture, and the fourth largest city in Hokkaido. As of 29 February 2012, it had an estimated population of 174,216, with 83,836 households, ...
, 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 is numbered "H17".
Lines
This station serves the Muroran Main and Chitose Lines. It is officially the terminus of the Chitose Line, although all trains terminate at
Tomakomai Station
is a railway station in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Lines
Tomakomai Station is served by the following lines.
* Muroran Main Line
** Chitose Line
* Hidaka Main Line
Limited express trai ...
.
Station layout
The station consists of one
side platform
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 ...
and one
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
serving a total of three tracks. 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 (not equipped with regular ticket gates).
The station is unattended.
Platforms
File:JR_Muroran-Main-Line%E3%83%BBChitose-Line_Numanohata_Station_Platform_%281%E3%83%BB2%29.jpg, The platforms
History
The station opened on 1 February 1898.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
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References
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Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898