Ishikari-Kanazawa Station

Railway station in Tōbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

43°14′44″N 141°34′08″E / 43.2455°N 141.5688°E / 43.2455; 141.5688Owned by

JR HokkaidoLine(s)■ Sasshō Line Distance31.1km from SōenPlatforms1Tracks1HistoryOpened3 October 1935 (1935-10-03)^[1]Closed17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) ^[2]Passengers2013-20173.2 average daily ^[3]

Ishikari-Kanazawa Station (石狩金沢駅, Ishikari-Kanazawa-eki) was a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Ishikari District, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Ishikari-Kanazawa Station was served by the Sasshō Line.

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The unmanned station building is located at the south end the platform.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku		-	Moto-Nakagoya

History

The station opened on 3 October 1935.^[1]

In December 2018, it was announced that the station would be closed on 7 May 2020, along with the rest of the non-electrified section of the Sasshō Line.^[4] The actual last service was on 17 April 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 187. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ ^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).
^ "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 7 June 2019.