Kurioka

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Kurioka began on 25 September 1943 as the Kurioka Signal Box on the Japanese Government Railways Muroran Main Line, set up to handle wartime traffic. Local residents petitioned for its retention after the war, built a platform themselves, and the signal box was promoted to a full station as Kurioka on 1 April 1946, initially reusing the original signal-box building. Freight handling ended on 15 March 1972, parcel handling and staffing ended on 15 May 1980, and the present station building was rebuilt in 1982. The stop passed to JR Hokkaido on 1 April 1987. A 1990 tunnel collapse between Kuriyama and Kurioka led to permanent single-tracking of the section.

The current Kurioka building shares its standard design with Abira, Mikawa and Furusan, but Kurioka is the only one of the four built to a shorter length.