Mashike Station Explained

Mashike Station
Native Name:	増毛駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Operator:	JR Hokkaido
Line:	Rumoi Main Line

was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Lines

Mashike Station was the terminus of the Rumoi Main Line from . The station was unstaffed.

History

The station opened on 5 November 1921.

On 10 August 2015, JR Hokkaido announced its plans to close the 16.7 km section of the line beyond Rumoi to Mashike in 2016.^[1] In April 2016, it was officially announced that the section from Rumoi to Mashike would be closing in December 2016, with the last services operating on 4 December.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR Hokkaido station information

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/post_279.html. ja: 留萌線（留萌～増毛間）の鉄道事業廃止について. Closure of Rumoi Line between Rumoi and Mashike. 10 August 2015 . Tetsudo Hobidas. Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2015.
2. Web site: http://dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/society/society/1-0257233.html. ja: ＪＲ留萌線留萌―増毛間１２月４日に廃止　増毛町が同意. Mashike agrees to closure of JR Rumoi Line between Rumoi and Mashike on 4 December. 8 April 2016. Doshin Web. The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. Japan. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410231721/http://dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/society/society/1-0257233.html. 10 April 2016. 14 April 2016. dead.