Shinmei Station (Hokkaido)

Shinmei Station 神明駅
Shinmei Station in September 2008
Location	Yunotai, Kaminokuni, Hiyama, Hokkaido （檜山郡上ノ国町字湯ノ岱） Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Esashi Line
History
Opened	1957
Closed	2014

Shinmei Station (神明駅, Shinmei-eki) was a railway station on the Esashi Line in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It opened in 1957 and closed in May 2014.

Lines

Shinmei Station was served by the non-electrified section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi.

Station layout

The station consisted of a single side platform serving a bidirectional single track.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Esashi Line
Yoshibori		Local	Yunotai

History

Shinmei Station opened on 25 January 1957.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[1] The station closed in 2014, with the last services on the line running on 11 May.^[2]

References

1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 828. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ 江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

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Stations of the JR Esashi Line

Transferred to South Hokkaido Railway Company in 2016	Goryōkaku Nanaehama Higashi-Kunebetsu Kunebetsu Kiyokawaguchi Kamiiso Moheji Oshima-Tōbetsu Kamaya Izumisawa Satsukari Kikonai

Closed in 2014	Oshima-Tsuruoka Yoshibori Shinmei Yunotai Miyakoshi Katsuraoka Naka-Suda Kaminokuni Esashi

Coordinates: 41°44′04″N 140°15′57″E / 41.73444°N 140.26583°E / 41.73444; 140.26583

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