Tsurunuma Station

Railway station in Urausu, Hokkaido, Japan

43°27′27.78″N 141°50′26.36″E / 43.4577167°N 141.8406556°E / 43.4577167; 141.8406556Owned by

JR HokkaidoLine(s)■ Sasshō Line Distance66.1km from SōenPlatforms1Tracks1HistoryOpened16 November 1956 (1956-11-16)Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) ^[1]Passengers2013-20170.0 average daily ^[2]

Tsurunuma Station (鶴沼駅, Tsurunuma-eki) was a train station in Urausu, Kabato District, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Lines

Hokkaido Railway Company
- Sasshō Line

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The unmanned station building is located beside the platform.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Urausu		-	Osatsunai

History

The station opened on 16 November 1956.^[3]

In 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "4月のメモ帳". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 974. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. July 2020. p. 153.
^ "札沼線(北海道医療大学・新十津川間）" (PDF).
^ 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.
^ "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.