K50 Otanoshike Station 大楽毛駅  | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Station building in September 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 5-chōme-1 Otanoshike, Kushiro, Hokkaido 084-0917 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°0′33.57″N 144°16′21.54″E / 43.0093250°N 144.2726500°E | ||||||||||
| System | regional rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido.svg){kind=logo} JR Freight | ||||||||||
| Line | Nemuro Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 162.7 km from Shintoku | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unattended | ||||||||||
| Station code | K50 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 July 1901 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2014 | 150 daily | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Otanoshike Station (大楽毛駅, Otanoshike-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[1][2] The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines
The station is served by the Nemuro Main Line, and lies 162.7 km from the starting point of the line at Shintoku .[3]
Layout
Otanoshike Station has one island platform, connected by an open footbridge to the station building. All trains normally use Platform 1. The station is unattended, but the station building doubles as a branch of Kushiro city hall. The building exterior is modeled after a former horse inspection station.[2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Nemuro Main Line | for Obihiro and Shintoku |
| 2 | ■ Nemuro Main Line | for Kushiro |
Waiting room
Platform
History
The station opened on 20 July 1901 as a station on the Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō. It was transferred to the Ministry of Railways on 1 April 1905. Before World War II, the area was a major production region for cavalry horses, and after the war, it developed as a freight center for handling wood chips for nearby paper mills. However, from around the 1970s, wood chips were gradually transported by truck, and freight handling was discontinued and the dedicated freight line was removed. Following the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido. [3]The current station building dates to 2 October 1989.[4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 150 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
The station serves suburban residential area of Kushiro City. It is frequently used by commuters to Kushiro city center, as well as by students commuting to technical colleges.
- Japan National Route 38
- Japan National Route 240
- National Institute of Technology, Kushiro College
- Kushiro Livestock Market
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "大楽毛駅" [Otanoshike Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- 1 2 Ishino, Satoshi (1998). 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 (in Japanese). Japan Travel Bureau. p. 880. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ↑ "駅と市支所が"合体". Hokkaido Shimbun. 4 October 1989.
External links
Media related to Otanoshike Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
 | This Hokkaido rail station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |