Chiraiotsu Station

Chiraiotsu Station (知来乙駅, Chiraiotsu-eki) was a train station in Tsukigata, Kabato District, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Chiraiotsu Station 知来乙駅
Station building (July 2017)
Location	Japan
Coordinates	43.3318°N 141.6495°E
Owned by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sasshō Line
Distance	44.2km from Sōen
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	1 July 1958
Closed	17 April 2020 [1]
Passengers
2013-2017	5.0 average daily [2]

Station platform (July 2017

Lines

• Hokkaido Railway Company
  • Sasshō Line

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. The station entrance was located on the south end of the platform, where the unmanned station building was also located.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Tsukigaoka		-	Ishikari-Tsukigata

History

The station opened on 1 July 1958.

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.[3] The actual last service was on 17 April 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

References

1. "4月のメモ帳". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 974. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. July 2020. p. 153.
2. "札沼線(北海道医療大学・新十津川間）" (PDF).
3. "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.