Wakkanai Station
Wakkanai Station, November 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 3–6-1 Chuo, Wakkanai-shi, Hokkaidō 097-0022 Japan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°25′1.3″N 141°40′37.2″E / 45.417028°N 141.677000°E | |||||||||||||
| System | regional rail | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Hokkaido | |||||||||||||
| Line | Sōya Main Line | |||||||||||||
| Distance | 259.4 km (161.2 mi) from Asahikawa | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||
| Station code | W80 | |||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 26 December 1928 | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Previous names | Wakkanai Minato (until 1939) | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| FY2023 | 114 (daily) [1] | |||||||||||||
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Wakkanai Station (稚内駅, Wakkanai-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.[2][3] It is the northernmost railway station in Japan. The station is numbered "W80".
Lines
Wakkanai Station is the northern terminus of the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Sōya Main Line from Asahikawa.[4]
Layout
Wakkanai Station is an above-ground station with one side platform and one track. Previously, it had one island platform and two tracks, but on 30 January 2010, the second track was abolished, and the tracks, switches, departure signals, and in-house signals were removed, and the train stops and rails that were previously used were donated by JR Hokkaido to Wakkanai City, to create a monument in the station square. The passage from the ticket gate to the platform is a slope, making the station barrier-free. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The station building was renewed in 2011.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Sōya Main Line | for Asahikawa and Sapporo |
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The station platform before renewal in May 2005
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Marker on the platform showing the station as the northernmost station in Japan. (July 2018)
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Station platform and station structure in the back, October 2017.
History
The station opened on 26 December 1926, initially named Wakkanai Minato Station (稚内港駅; lit. "Wakkanai Port Station") on the Teshio Line. On April 1, 1930 the Teshio Line was incorporated into the Sōya Main Line. [4] It was renamed Wakkanai on 1 February 1939 at the same time as the original Wakkanai Station was renamed Minami-Wakkanai Station.[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station then became under the control of JR Hokkaido.[4]
Passenger statistics
In FY2023, the station was used by an average of 114 passengers daily.[1][note 1]
Surrounding area
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Terminating tracks in the snow, April 2014
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Fare gates and ticket office, October 2017
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Wakkanai Station in June 2012
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View of the surrounding area of the station, July 2012
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Adjacent bus terminal, November 2021
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "稚内駅" [Wakkanai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d 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. 903–904. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
Media related to Wakkanai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)