Location Yūbari, Hokkaido
Japan Status Staffed Address Japan Platforms in use 2 Station code K20 | Operated by JR Hokkaido Passengers (FY2007) 107 daily Opened 1 November 1892 Tracks 4 | |
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Distance 43.0 km from Minami-Chitose Previous names Momijiyama (until 1981) Line(s) ■ Sekishō Line; ■ Sekishō Line Yūbari Branch Similar Shintoku Station, Yūbari Station, Oiwake Station, Numanosawa Station, Shimizusawa Station | ||
Shin-Yūbari Station (新夕張駅, Shin-Yūbari-eki) is a railway station on the Sekishō Line in Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
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Shin-Yūbari Station is served by the Sekisho Line, and is situated 43.0 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Chitose Station. The station is numbered "K20".
Station layout
The station has two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks. The station has an automated ticket machine and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Kitaca farecard cannot be used at this station.
History
The station opened on 1 November 1892 as Momijiyama Station (紅葉山駅). It was renamed Shin-Yubari on 1 October 1981. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.