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Nemuro Station

根室駅
Nemuro Station; 根室駅
	Nemuro Station
General information
Location	2-chome Kowacho, Nemuro City, Nemuro Subprefecture; Hokkaido Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	43°19′37″N 145°34′58″E / 43.326926°N 145.582731°E
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Nemuro Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	5 August 1921; 103 years ago
Passengers
2019	176 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Nemuro Station Location within Hokkaido Nemuro Station Nemuro Station (Japan)

Nemuro Station (根室駅, Nemuro-eki) is a railway station in Nemuro, Hokkaido. The station is the eastern terminus of the Nemuro Main Line and the easternmost staffed railway station in Japan.

Layout

Nemuro Station has a single side platform.

Platforms

1

Nemuro Main Line

for Kushiro

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nemuro Main Line
Ochiishi		Rapid		Terminus

Bus service

The station serves as Nemuro's central bus terminal, with scheduled overnight service to Sapporo via Nakashibetsu, two or three daily services to Kushiro, and multiple daily services to Nakashibetsu Airport, as well as local bus routes. Sightseeing buses operate to Cape Nosappu during summer months.^[1]

History

The station opened on August 5, 1921. It was the easternmost train station in Japan from 1921 to 1929, when a new railway opened to Habomai on the Nemuro Peninsula, and again from 1959, when the Habomai railway closed, until 1961, when Higashi-Nemuro Station opened on the eastern approach to Nemuro.

References

Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 884. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.