was a railway station on the
Sekishō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The main Sekishō Line connects in Chitose and Shintoku Station in the town of Shintoku. The name of the line comes from the subprefectures along the route, na ...
in
Yūbari, Hokkaido
is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of April 30, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 8,612, with 5,030 households. The total area is 763.20 km². Hemmed in by mountains Yūbari stretches for 25 kilomete ...
, 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). Yūbari Station opened on 1 November 1892.
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. The station was closed when the Yubari Branch Line ceased operation on 31 March 2019.
Lines
Yūbari Station was the terminus of the 18.2 km Yūbari branch of the
Sekishō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The main Sekishō Line connects in Chitose and Shintoku Station in the town of Shintoku. The name of the line comes from the subprefectures along the route, na ...
.
The station was numbered "Y25". but following the closure, it no longer appears on JR Hokkaido rail maps.
Station layout
The station consisted of a single ground-level
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 ...
serving a terminating track. The
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 ...
farecard could not be used at this station. The station was unattended.
File:Yūbari Station 01.JPG, The platform
File:Yūbari Station 03.JPG, The platform viewed from the buffer stop in August 2008
File:Yubarieki1918.JPG, Yūbari Station in 1918
Adjacent stations
Surrounding area
* Yūbari City Office
* Yūbari Post office
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 1892
Railway stations closed in 2019
Yūbari, Hokkaido