Shin-Yūbari Station | |
Native Name: | 新夕張駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Hokkaido |
Address: | Yūbari, Hokkaido |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed |
Code: | K20 |
Former: | Momijiyama (until 1981) |
Passengers: | 107 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2007 |
Map Type: | Japan Hokkaido#Japan |
is a railway station on the Sekishō Line in Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Shin-Yūbari Station is served by the Sekisho Line, and is situated 43.0 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Chitose Station. The station is numbered "K20".[1] It was also the terminal station for Sekishō Line Yūbari Branch before the line ceased operation on 31 March 2019.
The station has two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks. The station has an automated ticket machine and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Kitaca farecard cannot be used at this station.
The station opened on 1 November 1892 as .[2] It was renamed Shin-Yubari on 1 October 1981.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[2] The Yūbari Branch Line was discontinued on 31 March 2019.[3]