Abashiri Station

Abashiri Station (網走駅, Abashiri-eki) is a railway station in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), located. It is the main railway station in the city. Abashiri Station comes first in an alphabetical list of Japanese railway stations (Zushi·Hayama Station is last).

Abashiri Station

網走駅
Location2-2-12 Shin-machi, Abashiri, Hokkaido
（北海道網走市新町2丁目2-12）
Japan
Operated byJR Hokkaido
Line(s)
Other information
Station codeA69
History
Opened1912

Lines

Abashiri Station is served by the Sekihoku Main Line from Shin-Asahikawa, and the Senmō Main Line from Higashi-Kushiro.

Okhotsk and Taisetsu limited express trains and Shiretoko rapid services terminate at this station. The Yūmō Line formerly diverged from here, but the line was closed on March 19, 1987.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platforms and one island platform serving two tracks. There is a ticket office (business hours: 05:30 to 23:00), automatic ticket machines, and a travel centre (business hours: 09:30 to 17:30).

Abashiri Station is unusual in having the station name sign at the entrance to the building written vertically instead of horizontally. This was intended to ensure that prisoners released from nearby Abashiri Prison and returning to their hometowns from the station would not "revert sideways" (横道にそれない) to a life of crime.[1]

Buses

Abashiri Bus, Abashiri Kōtsū Bus, Akan Bus, Shari Bus and joint operating companies all operate to/from the station. The tourist information centre in Abashiri Station handles tickets for tour buses. The bus stop for services to Higashi Mokoto (Abashiri Kōtsū Bus) does not have a number.

Bus stops
No. 1 Stop Kōyō Apartments, Shiretoko National Park (Utoro Onsen), Aurora Terminal, Tour buses
No. 2 Stop Tokoro, Bihoro, Memanbetsu Airport, Ōmagari, Tentozan, Lake Akan
No. 3 Stop Shari, Koshimizu, Tsukushigaoka Apartments, Tokyo Agriculture University, Abashiri Bus Terminal
No. 4 Stop no service
  Higashi Mokoto

Hokkaidō Chūō Bus, Hokkaidō Kitami Bus and Abashiri Bus operate services from Abashiri Bus Terminal to Sapporo.

History
  • October 5, 1912: Abashiri Station was opened by the National Railway Authority.
  • September 15, 1927: The Railways Ministry opened the Senmō Line (which later became the Senmō Main Line).
  • December 1, 1932: The station moved to its present location, and the original station was renamed Seaside Abashiri Station (a freight terminal).
  • October 10, 1935: The Yūmō Main Line (later the Yūmō Line) opened.
  • February 1, 1984: Freight services to Abashiri were discontinued.
  • March 20, 1987: The Yūmō Line closed.
  • April 1, 1987: Abashiri Station was transferred to JR Hokkaido following privatization of Japanese National Railways.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sekihoku Main Line
Memambetsu   Limited Express Okhotsk   Terminus
Memambetsu   Limited Express Taisetsu   Terminus
Yobito   Local   Terminus
Senmō Main Line
Terminus   Rapid Shiretoko   Mokoto
Terminus   Local   Katsuradai

References
  1. TV Asahi: Quiz Trivia King (24 February 2010) Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 March 2010. (in Japanese)

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