Ikutora Station Explained

Ikutora Station
Native Name:幾寅駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Minamifurano, Sorachi, Hokkaido
Country:Japan
Operator:JR Hokkaido
Line:Nemuro Main Line
Code:T36
Opened:6 December 1902
Closed:1 April 2024

was a railway station on the Nemuro Main Line of JR Hokkaido located in Minamifurano, Hokkaidō, Japan.

The station, which first opened on 6 December 1902, was used as the fictional Horomai Station (幌舞駅) in Yasuo Furuhata's 1999 film Poppoya. The station building still displays a signboard reading Horomai, not Ikutora, over the front entrance.

Future plans

In 2016 the section of the Nemuro Main Line between Shintoku and Higashi-Shikagoe underwent extensive damage due to heavy rainfall.[1] Since then, a substitute bus service was put in place serving this section of the Nemuro Main Line. However, in 2024 it was decided that this station, along with the rest of the Nemuro Main Line between Furano and Shintoku, would be closed permanently effective 1 April of that year.

References

43.1617°N 142.5694°W

Adjacent stations

Hokkaido Railway Company
  • Nemuro Main Line
  • T35 – Ikutora T36 – Ochiai T37

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 1 January 2024 . JR北海道、4/1廃止の富良野~東鹿越間で増発 - 「狩勝」普通列車に . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240114223828/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20240101-2855922/ . 14 January 2024 . 2 February 2024 . MyNavi Corporation . ja.