Utoma Station

Utoma Station (鵜苫駅, Utoma-eki) is a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Samani, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

JR Hidaka-Main-Line, Utoma Station building

Services on the 116 km section of the line between Mukawa and Samani have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage.[1]

Lines

Adjacent stations
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Hidaka Main Line
Hidaka-Horobetsu   Local   Nishi-Samani

History

The station opened on 10 August 1937.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[2]

See also

References
  1. 日高本線・鵡川～様似間の復旧を断念　JR北海道、地元と協議へ [JR Hokkaido abandons reopening of Hidaka Main Line between Mukawa and Samani]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co. Ltd. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 865. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.


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