Kamaya Station

Kamaya Station
釜谷駅

Kamaya Station, February 2009
Location Kikonai, Kamiiso, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by South Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s) South Hokkaido Railway
History
Opened 1930

Kamaya Station (釜谷駅 Kamaya-eki) is a railway station on the South Hokkaido Railway in Kikonai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by South Hokkaido Railway Company.

Lines

Kamaya Station is served by the 37.8 km South Hokkaido Railway between Goryōkaku and Kikonai.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
South Hokkaido Railway
Oshima-Tōbetsu Local Izumisawa

History

Kamaya Station on the Esashi Line opened on 25 October 1930.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

Operations on the Esashi Line were transferred from JR Hokkaido to South Hokkaido Railway Company when the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened on 26 March 2016.[2]

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 827. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

Coordinates: 41°42′43″N 140°32′14″E / 41.71194°N 140.53722°E / 41.71194; 140.53722

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