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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Nukanan Station

Nukanan Station (糠南駅, Nukanan-eki) is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Nukanan Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 178.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa. The station is numbered "W67".

Station layout

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

Platform in October 2017

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Soya Main Line
Limited Express Sōya: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Sarobetsu: Does not stop at this station
Toikanbetsu   Local   Onoppunai

History

The station in July 1998

The station opened on 1 April 1987.

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Shimonuma and Minami-Horonobe) 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

See also