Nukanan Station

Nukanan Station

糠南駅
Nukanan Station; 糠南駅
	Nukanan Station in May 2005
Location	Nukanan, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3200; Japan
Operated by	Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Soya Main Line
Distance	178.0 km from Asahikawa
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W67
Website	www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/w67_nukanan.html
History
Opened	1 April 1987
Passengers
FY2015	<1 daily
Location
	Nukanan Station Location within Japan

Nukanan Station (糠南駅, Nukanan-eki) is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1987, the station is scheduled to close from the start of the revised timetable in March 2017.

Lines[]

Minami-Horonobe Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 178.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.^[1] The station is numbered "W67".

Station layout[]

The station has a single side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Soya Main Line
Limited Express Sōya: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Sarobetsu: Does not stop at this station
Toikanbetsu	Local	Onoppunai

History[]

The station in July 1998

The station opened on 1 April 1987.^[1]

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Shimonuma and Minami-Horonobe) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.^[2]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.^[2]

Surrounding area[]

Teshio River

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 901. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 幌延３駅、来春廃止　ＪＲが町に方針伝達 [3 stations in Horonobe to close next spring - JR notifies town]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.