Ginzan Station | |
Native Name: | 銀山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Hokkaido |
Address: | Niki, Hokkaido, Hokkaido |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Hokkaido |
Line: | Hakodate Main Line |
Distance: | 213.4 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Code: | S21 |
is a railway station in Niki, Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido and has the station number "S21".[1]
Ginzan Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is 213.4 km from the start of the line at .
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a rail crossing.
The private Hokkaido Railway opened Ginzan Station on 29 January 1905 as an added station on a track which had been established between and . After the Hokkaido Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido. From 1 October 2007, station numbering was introduced on JR Hokkaido lines, with Ginzan Station becoming "S21".[2]