Nukanan Station

Nukanan Station (糠南駅, Nukanan-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Horonobe, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.^[1][2]

W67 Nukanan Station 糠南駅
regional rail
Nukanan Station in November 2021
General information
Location	Nukanan, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3200 Japan
Coordinates	44°55′14.3″N 142°0′2.8″E
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Sōya Main Line
Distance	178.0 km (110.6 mi) from Asahikawa
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W67
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 December 1955 (1955-12-02)
Passengers
2022	<1 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station Onoppunai towards Wakkanai Sōya Main Line Local Toikanbetsu towards Asahikawa
Location Nukanan Station Location within Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido Nukanan Station Nukanan Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sōya Main Line and is located 178.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.^[1][3] Only local trains stop at this station.

Station layout

This is an above-ground station with one side platform and one track. It has been unattended since the station opened (managed by Horonobe Town). The platform is a wooden platform less than one car long on the south side of the track (on the left hand side facing towards Wakkanai), and is connected to the outside of the station by a slope on the Wakkanai side. There is no station building, but there is a waiting room at the same height as the platform, across a wooden walkway from the platform, which was converted from a prefabricated storehouse. There are chairs inside the shed, and in addition to displaying timetables and announcements, it also stores snow removal equipment. There used to be a wooden waiting room on the ground next to the platform, but it was demolished due to deterioration.

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  Waiting room
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  Platform
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  Signage
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  Panorama in 1978 shoring wooden station building

History

The station opened on 2 December 1955. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Hokkaido took over control of the station. ^[4]

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Shimonuma and Minami-Horonobe) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.^[5] This action was opposed by Horonobe Town, which announced that the town will take over maintenance and management of the station, with funding from hometown tax donations and other sources from fiscal year 2021.^{[6] [7]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.^[5]

Surrounding area

• Teshio River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2016). 北海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 道東 道北 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 4062951800.
2. "糠南駅" [Nukanan Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. "列車名/路線名から時刻検索 宗谷本線(稚内―名寄―旭川) 上り". JR Hokkaido. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
4. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 901. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 幌延３駅、来春廃止 ＪＲが町に方針伝達 [3 stations in Horonobe to close next spring - JR notifies town]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
6. "幌延町内における宗谷本線「極端に利用の少ない無人駅」に係る町方針について". 幌延町. 28 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
7. "クリスマスパーティー in 糠南". 幌延町. 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

External links

Media related to Nukanan Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR Hokkaido(in Japanese)