Kanehana Station

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Kanehana Station
File:Kanehana station01.JPG
Kanehana Station in June 2009
Location Kitami, Hokkaido
(北海道北見市留辺蘂町金華)
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Sekihoku Main Line
Other information
Station code A54
History
Opened 1914

Kanehana Station (金華駅 Kanehana-eki?) is a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It is numbered "A54".

Lines

Kanehana Station is served by the Sekihoku Main Line, and is unstaffed.

Layout

File:Kanehana station02.JPG
The platform in June 2009

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sekihoku Main Line
Limited Express Okhotsk: no stop
Ikutahara   Limited Rapid Kitami   Rubeshibe
Ikutahara   Local   Nishi-Rubeshibe

History

The station opened on 5 October 1914. It was destaffed in 1983.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

Future developments

JR Hokkaido announced in July 2015 that it planned to close the station from the start of the revised timetable in March 2016, citing low passenger usage figures.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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