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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).

Nukanan Station 糠南駅
Nukanan Station in November 2021
General information
Location	Nukanan, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3200 Japan
Operated by	Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Soya Main Line
Distance	178.0 km from Asahikawa
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W67
Website	www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/w67_nukanan.html
History
Opened	2 December 1955 (1955-12-02)
Passengers
FY2015	<1 daily
Location
Nukanan Station Location within Japan

Lines

Nukanan Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 178.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1] The station is numbered "W67".

Station layout

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

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 opened on 1 April 1987.[1]

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.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.[2]

Surrounding area

• Teshio River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nukanan Station.

• JR Hokkaido station information (in Japanese)

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