is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1959, the station is scheduled to close from the start of the revised timetable in March 2017.

Lines

Minami-Horonobe Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 191.6 km from the starting point of the line at . The station is numbered "W70".

Minami-Horonobe Station

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unstaffed.

Minami-Horonobe Station

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 November 1959. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

Minami-Horonobe Station

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line ( and ) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.

Surrounding area

Teshio River

See also

List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

JR Hokkaido station information

Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company

Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1959