Ishikari-Futomi Station
Ishikari-Futomi Station (石狩太美駅, Ishikari-Futomi-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G12.[1]
Ishikari-Futomi Station 石狩太美駅 | |
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Ishikari-Futomi Station, October 2012 | |
Location | Tōbetsu, Ishikari, Hokkaido Japan |
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Line(s) | ■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) |
Distance | 19.3 km from Sōen |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | G12 |
History | |
Opened | November 20, 1934 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY1969) | 730 daily |
Its name is derived from where it is located -- 當別太 (Tōbetsubuto) and 美登江 (Bitoe), and since there had been a station with the same name enunciatively, it is added with 石狩 (Ishikari), a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. In addition, the area's names Tōbetsubuto and Bitoe are respectively from Ainu to-pet-put, meaning "estuary rises in a lake", and pon-pit-o-i, meaning "a place with a lot of gravel".
Lines
Ishikari-Futomi Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.
Station layout
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track section of the line east of Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station.[2] The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.[3] The station is unattended.
History
Ishikari-Futomi Station opened on 20 November 1934.[4]
Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]
See also
- Futomi Station, a railway station on JR East's Uchibō Line in Chiba Prefecture.
References
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- "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- Nomura, Yukihiro (August 2012). "札沼線電化事業の概要" [Outline of Sasshō Line Electrification Project]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41 no. 340. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 4–9.
- "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- 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.