Nishi Memanbetsu Station

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Nishi Memanbetsu Station (西女満別駅, nishi-memanbetsu-eki^?) is a station of the Sekihoku Main Line operated by the Hokkaido Passenger Railway (JR Hokkaido) in Memanbetsu, Abashiri subprefecture. It is the closest station to Memanbetsu Airport.

[edit] Station structure

Nishi Memanbetsu station is an above-ground station and consists of a single side platform alongside a single railway line. Trains operate in both directions. A station attendant is not always present.

[edit] Station environs

The station is a twenty minute walk from Memanbetsu Airport.

[edit] History

1947: Opened as a temporary arrival and departure point for Asahino.
January 15, 1950: Station becomes a permanent passenger station and is renamed Nishi Memanbetsu.
1951: Freight platform was constructed.
January 10, 1983: Station became unmanned.

Stations of the JR Sekihoku Line

(Asahikawa - Asahikawayojō - ) Shin’asahikawa - Minaminagayama - Higashiasahikawa - Kitahinode - Sakuraoka - Tōma - Shūgunzan - Ikaushi - Aibetsu - Nakaaibetsu - Aizan - Antaroma - Toun - Kamikawa - (Nakakoshi Shingōjō) - (Kamikoshi Shingōjō) - (Okushirataki Shingōjō) - Kamishirataki - Shirataki - Kyūshirataki - Shimoshirataki - Maruseppu - Setose - Engaru - Yasukuni - Ikuno - Ikutahara - (Jōmon Shingōjō) - Nishi-Rubeshibe - Rubeshibe - Ainonai - Higashiainonai - Nishi-Kitami - Kitami - Hakuyō - Itoshino - Tanno - Hiushinai - Bihoro - Nishi Memanbetsu - Memanbetsu - Yobito - Abashiri