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Ikutora Station

Coordinates: 43°9′42″N 142°34′10″E / 43.16167°N 142.56944°E / 43.16167; 142.56944
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Ikutora Station

幾寅駅
General information
LocationMinamifurano, Sorachi, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated byJR Hokkaido
Line(s)Nemuro Main Line
Other information
Station codeT36
History
Opened6 December 1902
Closed1 April 2024

Ikutora Station (幾寅駅, Ikutora-eki) was a railway station on the Nemuro Main Line of JR Hokkaido located in Minamifurano, Hokkaidō, Japan.

The station, which first opened on 6 December 1902, was used as the fictional Horomai Station (幌舞駅) in Yasuo Furuhata's 1999 film Poppoya. The station building still displays a signboard reading Horomai, not Ikutora, over the front entrance.

Future plans

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In 2016 the section of the Nemuro Main Line between Shintoku and Higashi-Shikagoe underwent extensive damage due to heavy rainfall.[1] Since then, a substitute bus service was put in place serving this section of the Nemuro Main Line.[1] However, in 2024 it was decided that this station, along with the rest of the Nemuro Main Line between Furano and Shintoku, would be closed permanently effective 1 April of that year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "JR北海道、4/1廃止の富良野~東鹿越間で増発 - 「狩勝」普通列車に". MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 1 January 2024. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.


43°9′42″N 142°34′10″E / 43.16167°N 142.56944°E / 43.16167; 142.56944

Adjacent stations

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Hokkaido Railway Company
Nemuro Main Line
Higashi-Shikagoe T35 – Ikutora T36 – Ochiai T37