Station

Kabutonuma

兜沼

Kabutonuma
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Kabutonuma Station opened on 25 June 1924 as the terminus of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Teshio Kita Line, then a single-line branch from Wakkanai (today's Minami-Wakkanai). On 25 September 1926 the Teshio Kita and Teshio Minami lines were merged into the Teshio Line, and on 1 April 1930 that route was folded into the Sōya Main Line. Operation passed from Japanese National Railways to JR Hokkaido at privatisation on 1 April 1987. In June 2023 the station appeared on a JR Hokkaido shortlist of 42 stops being studied for closure on low-ridership grounds.

Notes

Since the closure of nearby Bakkai Station in March 2025, Kabutonuma's wooden depot is the northernmost surviving wooden station building in Japan.

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