is a railway station on the

Sekihoku Main Line is a railway line in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between in Asahikawa and Abashiri Station in Abashiri. The name comes from the first Kanji characters of and , names of ancient provinces along the lin ...

in Engaru,

Monbetsu District, Hokkaido is a district located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. In 1869, Hokkaido was divided into 11 provinces and 86 districts. Monbetsu was originally placed in Kitami Province. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 49,85 ...

, 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).

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Shirataki Station is served by the

, and is numbered "A45".

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 12 August 1929. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

References

{{Coord, 43.8842, N, 143.1809, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929

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Adjacent stations

History

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