Nemuro Station
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.
Nemuro Station 根室駅 | |||||||||||
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 Nemuro Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2-chome Kowacho, Nemuro City, Nemuro Subprefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43.326926°N 145.582731°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Nemuro Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 5 August 1921 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 176 daily | ||||||||||
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  Nemuro Station Location within Hokkaido  Nemuro Station Nemuro Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Adjacent stations
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| 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.
See also
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.
- "Hokkaido Bus Transportation_If you go to Nemuro, get on Nemuro Kotsu_UU-Hokkaido". www.uu-hokkaido.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.