Horonobe Station

{{short description|Railway station in Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRHSN|W|72|50}}
Horonobe Station

| native_name = 幌延駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| symbol_location = jp

| symbol = jrh

| style = JR Hokkaido

| type = regional rail

| image = Horonobe Station building 2020 winter.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Station building in December 2020

| other_name =

| address = 1 Chome 1 Jokita, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3201

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|45|0|52.6|N|141|50|45.3|E|region:JP_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| operator = {{ric|JR Hokkaido|name=y}}

| line = {{rcb|JR Hokkaido|Soya Mainline|yes}}
Haboro Line (closed)

| distance = {{cvt|199.4|km}} from {{STN|Asahikawa|x}} (Sōya Main Line)
{{cvt|141.1|km}} from {{STN|Rumoi|x}} (Haboro Line, closed)

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| code = W72

| website = {{Official website|1=https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/station/station.html#4505}}

| opened = {{start date|1925|07|20|df=y}}

| rebuilt = 1973

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 22 daily

| pass_year = 2022

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR Hokkaido|line=Soya Mainline|note-mid1={{SLL|Local}}|right=Nukanan|note-right={{JRHSN|W|67}}|left=Shimonuma|note-left={{JRHSN|W|73}}|note-mid2={{SLL| Sōya / Sarobetsu|red|white}}|right2= Teshio-Nakagawa|note-right2={{JRHSN|W|64}}|left2=Toyotomi|note-left2={{JRHSN|W|74}}}}

| map_type = Japan Hokkaido#Japan

| map_dot_label = Horonobe Station

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 17

}}

{{Nihongo|Horonobe Station|幌延駅|Horonobe-eki}} is a railway station located in the town of Horonobe, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido.{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja:北海道ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻道東道北エリア|year=2016 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn= 4062951800 |trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas|language=Japanese|pages=22, 67}}{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/souya/station/0450_horonobe.htm|title=幌延駅|trans-title= Horonobe Station|accessdate=16 March 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}

Lines

The station is served by the Sōya Main Line and is located 199.4 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Asahikawa|x}}.{{cite web |title=列車名/路線名から時刻検索宗谷本線(稚内―名寄―旭川) 上り |url=https://jrhokkaidonorikae.com/vtime/vtime.php?s=2891&d=20191003 |website=JR Hokkaido |access-date=3 October 2019 |date=3 October 2019}} It was also served by the Haboro Line before it closed om 30 March 1987 and became the terminus station of Haboro Line.{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2015 |title=フォト海道（道新写真データベース） |url=http://photodb.hokkaido-np.co.jp/detail/0090263607 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103111607/http://photodb.hokkaido-np.co.jp/detail/0090263607 |archive-date=2015-11-03 |access-date=2024-05-24}} Sōya and Sarobetsu limited express services stop at this station.

Layout

Horonobe Station is an interchange station with two tracks and two platforms: a side platform and an island platform (used on one side). The platforms ar connected by a footbridge. Platforms 1 and 2 have departure signals for both Nayoro/Asahikawa and Wakkanai. Platform 3, on the outside of the island platform, used to be used by the Haboro Line, but after its closure, there are no regular trains and it is now treated as a siding. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|first=2|pfn=1|nidx =Soya Main Line|col=brown|lwidth=200|dir=for {{STN|Wakkanai|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2| first=3|nidx =Soya Main Line|col=brown|dir=for {{STN|Nayoro|x}} and {{STN|Asahikawa|x}}}}

JR Soya-Main-Line Horonobe Station Gates.jpg|Exit gate

JR Soya-Main-Line Horonobe Station Platform.jpg|Platform

JR Soya-Main-Line Horonobe Station Overpass.jpg|Footbridge

JR Soya-Main-Line Horonobe Station-name signboard.jpg|Signboard

History

The station was opened on 20 July 1925 with the opening of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Teshio South Line. On April 1, 1930 the Teshio Line was incorporated into the Sōya Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Hokkaido took over control of the station. In 2019, JR Hokkaido and Sagawa Express began a mixed freight and passenger service between {{STN|Wakkanai|x}} and Horonobe Station.