Bakkai Station (抜海駅, Bakkai-eki) is a railway station on the Sōya Main Line in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Bakkai Station 抜海駅
Bakkai Station in October 2017
General information
Location	Kutonebetsu, Bakkai-mura, Wakkanai-shi, Hokkaido  Japan
Coordinates	45°19′0.7″N 141°38′40.4″E
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sōya Main Line
Distance	245.0 km from Asahikawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W78
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 June 1924 (1924-06-25)
Passengers
2012	2 daily
Location
Bakkai Station Location within Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido Bakkai Station Bakkai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Bakkai Station is served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Sōya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai, and lies 245.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1] The station is numbered "W78".

Layout

Bakkai Station has two side platforms serving two tracks, which form a passing loop on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms are linked by a level crossing for passengers. The station is unstaffed, and is the northernmost unstaffed station in Japan.

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  The platforms in October 2017
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  The passenger level crossing between the platforms in October 2017

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 25 June 1924.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bakkai Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)