Shimo-Shirataki Station

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Shimo-Shirataki Station
下白滝駅
File:Shimoshirataki station01.JPG
Shimo-Shirataki Station building in June 2009
Location Shimoshirataki, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido 099-0101
Japan
Operated by Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s) Sekihoku Main Line
Distance 92.7 km from Shin-Asahikawa
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code A47
Website www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/a47_shimo-shirataki.html
History
Opened 12 August 1929 (1929-08-12)

Shimo-Shirataki Station (下白滝駅 Shimo-Shirataki-eki?, lit. "Lower Shirataki") is a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1929, the station is scheduled to close from the start of the revised timetable on 26 March 2016.

Lines

Shimo-Shirataki Station is served by the single-track Sekihoku Main Line, and lies 92.7 km from the official starting point of the line at Shin-Asahikawa. The station is numbered "A47".

Station layout

The station has a two side platforms serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track line. The station is unstaffed, but a station structure and waiting room is provided.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sekihoku Main Line
Limited Express Okhotsk: no stop
Limited Rapid: no stop
Kyū-Shirataki   Local   Maruseppu

History

The station opened on 12 August 1929.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

In July 2015, JR Hokkaido announced that it would be closing the station along with three others on the line (Kyū-Shirataki Station, Kami-Shirataki Station, and Kanehana Station) in March 2016, due to low passenger usage.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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