Abashiri Station Explained

Abashiri Station
Native Name:網走駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR Hokkaido
Address:2-2-12 Shin-machi, Abashiri, Hokkaido
Country:Japan
Coordinates:44.0201°N 144.2541°W
Operator:JR Hokkaido
Code:A69
Opened:1912

is a railway station in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), located. It is the main railway station in the city. Abashiri Station comes first in an alphabetical list of Japanese railway stations (Zushi·Hayama Station is last).

Lines

Abashiri Station is served by the Sekihoku Main Line from Shin-Asahikawa, and the Senmō Main Line from Higashi-Kushiro.

Okhotsk and Taisetsu limited express trains and Shiretoko rapid services terminate at this station. The Yūmō Line formerly diverged from here, but the line was closed on March 20, 1987.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platforms and one island platform serving two tracks. There is a ticket office (business hours: 05:30 to 23:00), automatic ticket machines, and a travel centre (business hours: 09:30 to 17:30).

Abashiri Station is unusual in having the station name sign at the entrance to the building written vertically instead of horizontally. This was intended to ensure that prisoners released from nearby Abashiri Prison and returning to their hometowns from the station would not "revert sideways" (横道にそれない) to a life of crime.[1]

Buses

Abashiri Bus, Abashiri Kōtsū Bus, Akan Bus, Shari Bus and joint operating companies all operate to/from the station. The tourist information centre in Abashiri Station handles tickets for tour buses. The bus stop for services to Higashi Mokoto (Abashiri Kōtsū Bus) does not have a number.

Bus stops

No. 1 Stopwidth=550 style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"Kōyō Apartments, Shiretoko National Park (Utoro Onsen), Aurora Terminal, Tour buses
No. 2 StopTokoro, Bihoro, Memanbetsu Airport, Ōmagari, Tentozan, Lake Akan
No. 3 StopShari, Koshimizu, Tsukushigaoka Apartments, Tokyo Agriculture University, Abashiri Bus Terminal
No. 4 Stopno service
 Higashi Mokoto

Hokkaidō Chūō Bus, Hokkaidō Kitami Bus and Abashiri Bus operate services from Abashiri Bus Terminal to Sapporo.

History

External links

Notes and References

  1. [TV Asahi]
  2. Web site: 官報. 1912年10月03日 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション. 2021-05-17. dl.ndl.go.jp. ja.
  3. Book: Sone, Satoru. 『週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR』28号・釧網本線/石北本線 (Weekly. Exploring through History: All Railway Lines. JNR and JR. No. 28. Senmo Main Line, Sekihoku Main Line). 朝日新聞出版 (Asahi Shimbun Publishing). 2010. Japan. 14–15.