Akaigawa

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Akaigawa Station opened on 15 October 1904 as a general station of the privately built Hokkaidō Railway. Following the company's nationalisation on 1 July 1907, the stop came under Japanese Government Railways, and on 12 October 1909 it was designated part of the newly named Hakodate Main Line. Freight handling ended on 25 May 1960 and parcel duties were withdrawn on 5 April 1972, when the station became unstaffed. The station building was rebuilt in March 1987, weeks before the JNR split passed operation to JR Hokkaido on 1 April 1987. In June 2023 JR Hokkaido named the stop among 42 candidates being studied for closure on low-ridership grounds.

The station's name comes from an Ainu phrase hure-pet, meaning red river, applied because the local waterway runs reddish from mineral content.