Kiyohata Station

Kiyohata Station (清畠駅, Kiyohata-eki) is a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Hidaka, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

JR Hidaka-Main-Line Kiyohata Station building

Services on the 116 km section of the line between Mukawa and Samani have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hidaka Main Line
Toyosato		Local		Atsuga

History

The station opened on 6 September 1924, named Kenomai Station (慶能舞駅).^[2] It was renamed Kiyohata on 1 April 1944.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan