Type Regional rail Opened 23 October 1910 Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Termini Fukagawa Station | Locale JR Hokkaido Line length 50.1 km (31.1 mi) Owner Hokkaido Railway Company | |
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Jr hokkaido rumoi main line fukagawa mashike jr
The Rumoi Main Line (留萌本線, Rumoi-honsen) is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa and Rumoi Station in Rumoi.
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On 19 November 2016, JR Hokkaido's President announced plans to further rationalise the network by up to 1,237 km, or approximately 50% of the network, including closure of the remaining section of the Rumoi Main Line (the Rumoi to Mashike section closed on 4 December 2016).
Stations
Stops ... ●: All trains stop, ◆: some trains stop, ▼: down trains pass, ▲: up trains pass
History
The initial section of the line, between Fukagawa and Rumoi opened on 23 October 1910, and was extended to Mashike on 5 November 1921. The line was reclassified as a "main line" from 10 October 1931. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR Hokkaido.
Closure plans
On 10 August 2015, JR Hokkaido informed the mayors of Rumoi and Mashike of its plans to close the 16.7 km section of the line from Rumoi and Mashike in 2016. In April 2016, it was officially announced that the section from Rumoi to Mashike would close, and the last service operated on 4 December.