Oshima-Tsuruoka Station

Oshima-Tsuruoka Station
渡島鶴岡駅

Oshima-Tsuruoka Station in September 2008
Location Tsuruoka, Kikonai, Kamiiso, Hokkaido
(上磯郡木古内町鶴岡)
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Esashi Line
History
Opened 1964
Closed 2014

Oshima-Tsuruoka Station (渡島鶴岡駅 Oshima-Tsuruoka-eki) was a railway station on the Esashi Line in Kikonai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It opened in 1964 and closed in May 2014.

Lines

Oshima-Tsuruoka Station was served by the non-electrified section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi.

Station layout

The station consisted of a single side platform serving a bidirectional single track.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Esashi Line
Kikonai Local Yoshibori

History

Oshima-Tsuruoka Station opened on 30 December 1964.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1] The station closed in 2014, with the last services on the line running on 11 May.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 828. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

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Coordinates: 41°40′17″N 140°24′41″E / 41.6713°N 140.4113°E / 41.6713; 140.4113

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