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.
(Asahikawa - Asahikawa-Yojō -) Shin-Asahikawa - Minami-Nagayama - Higashi-Asahikawa - Kita-Hinode - Sakuraoka - Tōma - Shōgunzan - Ikaushi - Aibetsu - Naka-Aibetsu - Aizan - Antaroma - Tōun - Kamikawa - (Nakakoshi) - (Kamikoshi) - (Oku-Shirataki) - Kami-Shirataki - Shirataki - Kyū-Shirataki - Shimo-Shirataki - Maruseppu - Setose - Engaru - Yasukuni - Ikuno - Ikutahara - (Jōmon) - Nishi-Rubeshibe - Rubeshibe - Ainonai - Higashi-Ainonai - Nishi-Kitami - Kitami - Hakuyō - Itoshino - Tanno - Hiushinai - Bihoro - Nishi-Memanbetsu - Memanbetsu - Yobito - Abashiri