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Shiriuchi Station

Shiriuchi Station
知内駅
Shiriuchi Station building 20101025.jpg
Shiriuchi Station (left) and adjacent Shiriuchi roadside station (right) in October 2010
Location Shiriuchi, Kamiiso District, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR logo (hokkaido).svg JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Kaikyo Line
Connections Bus stop
Other information
Status Closed
History
Opened 1990
Closed 14 March 2014
Location
Shiriuchi Station is located in Japan
Shiriuchi Station
Shiriuchi Station
Location within Japan

Shiriuchi Station (知内駅 Shiriuchi-eki?) was a railway station on the Kaikyo Line in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company) JR Hokkaido. Opened in 1990, it closed in March 2014. The undersea Seikan Tunnel to the main Japanese island of Honshu is not far from this station.

Shiriuchi Station was served by the Kaikyo Line, which connects Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido via the Seikan Tunnel. Only Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō limited express services stopped at this station, with just two trains in each direction stopping daily in 2013.

The station had two side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms were connected to the station entrance by a footbridge.

The station entrance in October 2010

View of the platforms in October 2010

View of the platforms in October 2010

Shiriuchi Station opened in 1990. The station was closed from the start of the 15 March 2014 timetable revision to make way for Hokkaido Shinkansen construction work. Following the closure of the station, the signal located there was renamed Yunosato-Shiriuchi (湯の里知内?).

Coordinates: 41°36′3.8″N 140°20′5.7″E / 41.601056°N 140.334917°E / 41.601056; 140.334917


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