Kunebetsu Station (久根別駅, Kunebetsu-eki) is a railway station on the South Hokkaido Railway Line in Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by South Hokkaido Railway Company.
Lines[edit]
Kunebetsu Station is served by the 37.8 km South Hokkaido Railway Line between Goryōkaku and Kikonai.
Adjacent stations[edit]
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Service
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South Hokkaido Railway
Higashi-Kunebetsu
Local
Kiyokawaguchi
History[edit]
Kunebetsu Station on the Esashi Line opened on 15 September 1913.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]
Operations on the Esashi Line were transferred from JR Hokkaido to South Hokkaido Railway Company when the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened on 26 March 2016.[2]
^ abIshino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 827. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.