Nemuro Station

Not to be confused with Memuro Station.

Nemuro Station (根室駅, Nemuro-eki) is a railway station in Nemuro, Hokkaido. The station is the eastern terminus of the Nemuro Main Line and the easternmost staffed railway station in Japan.

Nemuro Station 根室駅
Nemuro Station
General information
Location	2-chome Kowacho, Nemuro City, Nemuro Subprefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	43.326926°N 145.582731°E / 43.326926; 145.582731
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Nemuro Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	5 August 1921; 103 years ago (1921-08-05)
Passengers
2019	176 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station Higashi-Nemuro towards Takikawa Nemuro Main Line Terminus
Location Nemuro Station Location within Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido Nemuro Station Nemuro Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Layout

Nemuro Station has a single side platform.

Platforms

1

Nemuro Main Line

for Kushiro

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nemuro Main Line
Ochiishi		Rapid		Terminus

Bus service

The station serves as Nemuro's central bus terminal, with scheduled overnight service to Sapporo via Nakashibetsu, two or three daily services to Kushiro, and multiple daily services to Nakashibetsu Airport, as well as local bus routes. Sightseeing buses operate to Cape Nosappu during summer months.^[1]

History

The station opened on August 5, 1921. It was the easternmost train station in Japan from 1921 to 1929, when a new railway opened to Habomai on the Nemuro Peninsula, and again from 1959, when the Habomai railway closed, until 1961, when Higashi-Nemuro Station opened on the eastern approach to Nemuro.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 884. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

1. "Hokkaido Bus Transportation_If you go to Nemuro, get on Nemuro Kotsu_UU-Hokkaido". www.uu-hokkaido.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.