Station

Haramuko

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Haramuko
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Haramukō Station opened on 31 December 1912 as a stop on the Ashio Railway. The line was nationalised on 1 June 1918, becoming the government-run Ashio Line, with freight handling withdrawn from this station in 1959 and parcel service in March 1960; staff were removed in December the same year. At the 1 April 1987 privatisation it briefly passed to JR East before the line was transferred to the third-sector operator Watarase Keikoku Railway on 29 March 1989. The station, designated WK14, is now an unstaffed single-platform halt close to the Watarase River.

Notes

Haramukō is the trailhead station for hikers heading up Mount Kōshin and Mount Bizen-tate; the station building's toilet is famously housed in a structure shaped like a stack of logs.

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