Otoineppu Station
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.jpg) Otoineppu Station (August 2020) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 509 Otoineppu, Otoineppu-mura, Nakagawa-gun, Hokkaido 098-2501 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°41′34″N 142°16′3″E / 44.69278°N 142.26750°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | regional rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Sōya Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 129.3 km (80.3 mi) from Asahikawa | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | JR Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | W61 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 5 November 1912 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2023 | 20 (daily) [1] | |||||||||||||||
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Otoineppu Station (音威子府駅, Otoineppu-eki) is a railway station located in the village of Otoineppu, Nakagawa District (Teshio), Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[2][3]
Lines
The station is served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Soya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai and is located 129.3 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[2][4][5]
Layout
Otoineppu Station is an above-ground station with one side platform and one island platform. Platform 1 has a short effective length and is only used by local trains. A footbridge is used to move between platforms. The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. There are no ticket vending machines, and local tickets and admission tickets must be purchased at the Midori no Madoguchi. After the Tenpoku Line was abolished, the wooden station building was remodeled into the current station building using the budget of Otoineppu Village. Next to the station building is the office of the Nayoro Track Maintenance Office Otoineppu Track Maintenance Management Office. The station building also serves as a bus waiting room. There is also a "Tenpoku Line Reference Room" where materials related to the Tenpoku Line are exhibited.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Sōya Main Line | for Wakkanai and Asahikawa (Local service) |
| 2 | ■ Sōya Main Line | for Wakkanai (Limited Express) |
| 4 | ■ Sōya Main Line | for Asahikawa (Limited Express) |
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Ticket gate -
Platform -
Footbridge -
Signage -
Tempoku Line Reference library
History
Otoineppu Station opened on 5 November 1912.[5] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[5]
Passenger statistics
In FY2023, the station was used on average by 20 passengers daily.[1][note 1]
Surrounding area
Japan National Route 40- Otoineppu Village Office
See also
Notes
- ^ Data published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism state the number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station in a given year. FY2023 covers the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. Data published by individual railways directly may state the number boarding only.
References
- ^ a b "駅別乗降客数 2023年度（令和5年度）版". 国土数値情報ダウンロードサイト (Number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station 2023 (Reiwa 5) version) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2016). 北海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 道東 道北 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 4062951800.
- ^ "音威子府駅" [Otoineppu Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "列車名/路線名から時刻検索 宗谷本線(稚内―名寄―旭川) 上り". JR Hokkaido. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 900–901. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
Media related to Otoineppu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)