Shin-Totsukawa Station

Shin-Totsukawa Station (新十津川駅, Shin-Totsukawa-eki) was a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Shintotsukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Shin Totsukawa Station 新十津川駅
Station building (June 2007)
Location	Japan
Coordinates	43°32′45″N 141°52′27″E
Owned by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sasshō Line
Distance	76.5km from Sōen
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	10 October 1931
Closed	17 April 2020 [1]
Passengers
2013-2017	8.4 average daily [2]

Station platform (August 2017)

Lines

Shin-Totsukawa Station was the old terminus of the Sasshō Line from Sapporo, and is situated 76.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Sōen.[3]

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The station building was located next to the platform.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Shimo-Toppu		-	Terminus

History

The station opened on 10 October 1931.[3]

On 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]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "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.