Sakkuru Station
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Japan
JR HokkaidoW60 Sakkuru Station 咲来駅 | |||||||||||
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 Sakkuru Station, September 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Sakkuru, Otoineppu-mura, Nakagawa-gun, Hokkaido 098-2502 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°41′34″N 142°16′3″E / 44.69278°N 142.26750°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sōya Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 124.7 km (77.5 mi) from Asahikawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Train operators | JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unattended | ||||||||||
| Station code | W60 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 November 1912 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2022 | <2 | ||||||||||
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Sakkuru Station (咲来駅, Sakkuru-eki) is a railway station located in the village of Otoineppu, Nakagawa District (Teshio), Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[1][2]
Layout
Like the surrounding stations, when forestry was once thriving, the station flourished as a shipping station for timber cut from the surrounding forests and those along the Sakuraitoge Pass. Facing Wakkanai, the station had a wooden station building on the left, a baggage loading and unloading area on the Wakkanai side next to it, and a freight loading and unloading area on the opposite side of the station building. It was a general station with two staggered single platforms and two tracks centered on the station building, a siding from the Wakkanai side to the baggage loading and unloading area, and a secondary track for freight loading and unloading on the outside. Later, with the cessation of baggage and freight handling, the freight line was removed and the station was unattended, the platform on the station building side was converted to a single track, the old station building was removed, and a waiting room was installed, leaving the station with one side platform.
Panoramic view in 2004
Platform
Signage
History
Sakkuru Station opened on 5 November 1912.[4] The station building was replaced by a remodeled freight car in July1985. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[4]
In July 2016, JR Hokkaido informed the local government of its intention to close the station from the start of the revised timetable in March 2017 due to low patronage.[5] However, in April 2017, it was announced that JR Hokkaido would continue to maintain the station for the time being.[6] In June 2023, this station was selected to be among 42 stations on the JR Hokkaido network to be slated for abolition owing to low ridership.[7] In December 2020, JR Hokkaido announced that maintenance of the station would be transferred to tOtoineppu Village from fiscal year 2021.
Passenger statistics
During the period between fiscal 2011 and 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.
