Ishikari-Kanazawa Station

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).

Ishikari-Kanazawa Station 石狩金沢駅
Station building (July 2017)
Location	Japan
Coordinates	43.2455°N 141.5688°E
Owned by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sasshō Line
Distance	31.1km from Sōen
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	3 October 1935[1]
Closed	17 April 2020 [2]
Passengers
2013-2017	3.2 average daily [3]

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

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