Kikonai Station

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Kikonai Station
木古内駅
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Kikonai Station
Location Honchō, Kikonai, Kamiiso, Hokkaido
(上磯郡木古内町字本町)
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
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History
Opened 1930

Kikonai Station (木古内駅 Kikonai-eki?) is a railway station in Kikonai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Kikonai Station is served by the following two lines.

A station at Kikonai has been built for the Hokkaido Shinkansen to be opened in March 2016.

Station layout

The ground-level station has three platforms serving five tracks.

Platforms

1 Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line for Aomori and Shin-Aomori
2 Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line for Hakodate
3 (siding)
4 Esashi Line for Hakodate
5 Esashi Line for Hakodate
  • Note: Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Esashi Line
Satsukari - Terminus
Kaikyo Line
Kanita Super Hakuchō Goryōkaku[Note 1]
Tsugaru-Imabetsu Hakuchō Hakodate
Hokkaido Shinkansen (opens March 2016)
Okutsugaru-Imabetsu - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
  • Notes:
  1. Next station is Hakodate for most trains.

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The station opened on the Esashi Line on October 25, 1930. Between October 12, 1937 and March 31, 1988 it was the terminus of the Matsumae Line. It became the terminus of the Kaikyō Line on March 13, 1988.

Surrounding area

  • Kikonai Post office

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