Kutchan

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Kutchan Station opened on 15 October 1904 as an intermediate stop on the private Hokkaido Railway between Utasutsu (now Neppu) and Kozawa, with a locomotive depot established alongside it. The line was nationalised on 1 July 1907, and the route was renamed the Hakodate Main Line on 12 October 1909. The Iburi Line branched from Kutchan from 1919 until its abolition on 1 November 1986, when one of the three platform tracks was lifted. Operations passed to JR Hokkaido on 1 April 1987. New platforms and a temporary connecting passage entered service on 31 October 2021 to make room for the Hokkaido Shinkansen station planned to open in 2031.

When the Hokkaido Shinkansen extension to Sapporo opens (planned 2031), the parallel Hakodate Main Line between Oshamambe and Otaru is scheduled for abolition, leaving Kutchan served only by Shinkansen trains.