Minami-Shimo-Toppu Station

Minami-Shimo-Toppu Station (南下徳富駅, Minami-Shimo-Toppu-eki) was a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Shintotsukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Minami-Shimo-Toppu Station 南下徳富駅
Station platform (August 2017)
Location	Japan
Coordinates	43.4858°N 141.8445°E
Owned by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sasshō Line
Distance	69.4km from Sōen
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	16 November 1956
Closed	17 April 2020 [1]
Passengers
2013-2017	0.2 average daily [2]

Lines

• Hokkaido Railway Company
  • Sasshō Line

Station layout

The station had a side platform serving one track. There is no station building or shelter.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Osatsunai		-	Shimo-Toppu

History

The station opened on 11 November 1956.[3]

In December 2018, it was announced that the station would be closed on May 7, 2020, along with the rest of the non-electrified section of the Sasshō Line.[4] The actual last service was on April 17, 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. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 188. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
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 2019-06-07.

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