Kanehana Station

Location
	Kanehana Station Location within Japan

Kanehana Station

金華駅
Kanehana Station; 金華駅
	Kanehana Station in October 2015
General information
Location	Kitami, Hokkaido; （北海道北見市留辺蘂町金華）; Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sekihoku Main Line
Other information
Status	Closed
Station code	A54
History
Opened	5 October 1914
Closed	25 March 2016
Previous names	Ponmuka (1914-1951)
Location
Location
	Kanehana Station Location within Japan

Kanehana Station (金華駅, Kanehana-eki) was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1914, the station closed in March 2016.

Lines

Kanehana Station was served by the Sekihoku Main Line, and was unstaffed. It was numbered "A54".

Layout

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Sekihoku Main Line
Limited Express Okhotsk: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Taisetsu: Does not stop at this station
Ikutahara	Limited Rapid Kitami	Rubeshibe
Ikutahara	Local	Nishi-Rubeshibe

History

The station opened on 5 October 1914 as Ponmuka Station (奔無加駅).^[1] It was renamed Kanehana on 20 July 1951.^[1] The station was destaffed in 1983.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[1]

JR Hokkaido announced in July 2015 that it planned to close the station from the start of the revised timetable in March 2016, citing low passenger usage figures.^[2] The station closed following the last day of services on 25 March 2016.^[3]

Surrounding area

National Route 242

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 920. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b ＪＲ金華駅廃止へ　北見の無人駅、来年３月 [JR Hokkaido to close unstaffed Kanehana Station in Kitami next March]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ 根室線花咲など８駅廃止、７９本減便　ＪＲ北海道がダイヤ改正 [JR Hokkaido introduces revised timetable - 8 stations closed and 79 services cut]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

External links

JR Hokkaido station information (in Japanese)

43°48′13″N 143°34′16″E / 43.8036°N 143.5712°E / 43.8036; 143.5712

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 920. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[doshin20150717-2] ＪＲ金華駅廃止へ　北見の無人駅、来年３月 [JR Hokkaido to close unstaffed Kanehana Station in Kitami next March]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[doshin20160326-3] 根室線花咲など８駅廃止、７９本減便　ＪＲ北海道がダイヤ改正 [JR Hokkaido introduces revised timetable - 8 stations closed and 79 services cut]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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