Yoshibori Station

Yoshibori Station 吉堀駅
Yoshibori Station in September 2008
Location	Ōkawa, Kikonai, Kamiiso, Hokkaido （上磯郡木古内町字大川） Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Esashi Line
History
Opened	1935
Closed	2014

Yoshibori Station (吉堀駅, Yoshibori-eki) was a railway station on the Esashi Line in Kikonai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It opened in 1935 and closed in May 2014.

Lines

Yoshibori 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
Oshima-Tsuruoka		Local	Shinmei

History

Yoshibori Station opened on 10 December 1935.^[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.

External links

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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°41′05″N 140°22′45″E / 41.6846°N 140.3791°E / 41.6846; 140.3791

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