Hama-Taura Station

Hama-Taura Station 浜田浦駅
Hama-Taura Station Waiting room
General information
Location	Mukawa Hokkaido Prefecture Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Hidaka Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	18 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-18)
Closed	18 March 2023
Services
Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station Hama-Atsuma towards Tomakomai Hidaka Main Line Mukawa Terminus
Location Hama-Taura Station Location within Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido Hama-Taura Station Hama-Taura Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hama-Taura Station (浜田浦駅, Hama-Taura eki) was a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Mukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Some trains pass through this station, but a total of 12 trains stop here each day.^[1]

2021 In July, JR Hokkaido notified Mukawa Town of its intention to abolish this station. , agreed with the residents to abolish this station.^[1] According to a JR survey, the average number of passengers per day at the station was 2 from 2016 to 2020, and 1 in 2021.^[1] According to Mukawa Mayor Yoshiyuki Takenaka, he revealed at the regular town assembly that JR Hokkaido told him that the station was scheduled to be abolished on April 1, 2023.^[1]

References

1. "日高線の浜田浦駅 来年4月1日に廃止". 北海道新聞. 2022-09-21. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

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