Operated by JR Hokkaido Status Closed Opened 5 October 1914 | Station code A54 | |
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Closed 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Address Japan, Hokkaido Prefecture, Kitami, 留辺蘂町金華 Similar | ||
Kanehana Station (金華駅, Kanehana-eki) was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1914, the station closed in March 2016.
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Kanehana Station was served by the Sekihoku Main Line, and was unstaffed. It was numbered "A54".
History
The station opened on 5 October 1914 as Ponmuka Station (奔無加駅). It was renamed Kanehana on 20 July 1951. The station was destaffed in 1983. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.
JR Hokkaido announced in July 2015 that it planned to close the station from the start of the revised timetable in March 2016, citing low passenger usage figures. The station closed following the last day of services on 25 March 2016.