Tsurunuma Station

Tsurunuma Station

鶴沼駅
Station platform (August 2017)
General information
LocationJapan
Coordinates43°27′27.78″N 141°50′26.36″E / 43.4577167°N 141.8406556°E / 43.4577167; 141.8406556
Owned by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Sasshō Line
Distance66.1km from Sōen
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened16 November 1956 (1956-11-16)
Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) [1]
Passengers
2013-20170.0 average daily [2]

Tsurunuma Station (鶴沼駅, Tsurunuma-eki) was a train station in Urausu, Kabato District, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Lines

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Station layout

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The station had a side platform serving one track. The unmanned station building is located beside the platform.

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Sasshō Line
Urausu - Osatsunai

History

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The station opened on 16 November 1956.[3]

In December 2018, it was announced that the station would be closed on May 7, 2020, along with the rest of the non-electrified section of the Sasshō Line.[4] The actual last service was on April 17, 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "4月のメモ帳". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 974. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. July 2020. p. 153.
  2. ^ "札沼線(北海道医療大学・新十津川間)" (PDF).
  3. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 188. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  4. ^ "JR札沼線、北海道医療大学-新十津川間が廃止へ 2020年5月、地元と合意". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-06-07.


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