Nishi-Obihiro Station
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Nishi-Obihiro Station 西帯広駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Station building in October 2017 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Obihiro, Hokkaido![]() | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°55′27″N 143°07′31″E / 42.9241°N 143.1254°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Hokkaido Railway Company | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Nemuro Main Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 Island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | K29 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 September 1907 | ||||||||||
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Nishi-Obihiro Station (西帯広駅, Nishi-Obihiro-eki) is a railway station in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.
Lines
[edit]- Hokkaido Railway Company
- Nemuro Main Line Station K29
History
[edit]Nishi-Obihiro Station opened on 8 September 1907 as Fushiko Station (止若駅).[1] It was renamed to its current name, Nishi-Obihiro Station, in November 1954.[2]
With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ishino, Satoshi (1998). 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 (in Japanese). Japan Travel Bureau. p. 877. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ^ 北海道駅名の起源 (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1973. p. 124.