Station

Kami-Furano

上富良野

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Kami-Furano
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Timetable information

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

Location

History

Kami-Furano Station opened on 15 November 1899 with the Hokkaido Government Railway Tokachi Line extension from Biei. The line south to Shimo-Furano (today's Furano) was extended in August 1900. The line passed through several name changes, becoming part of the Furano Line on 10 November 1913. The station premises burned twice — an arson attack on a warehouse in front of the station in July 1931 destroyed the freight shed, down-track platform, waiting room and public toilets along with 15 buildings in the surrounding town, and a second arson in June 1933 destroyed the main building. After the 1 April 1987 privatisation JR Hokkaido inherited the station. The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket window closed on 13 March 2026, ending staffed operation.

Notes

Within 24 months in the early 1930s, the station's original buildings were destroyed twice by arson — first a 1931 fire at a warehouse in front of the station that took the freight shed and waiting room with 15 nearby buildings, then a 1933 restaurant fire that consumed the main station house.

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