Nishikioka

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Nishikioka Station opened on 1 February 1898 as Nishitappu Station, a general station of the private Hokkaido Colliery Railway. The line was nationalised in October 1906, and the station building was rebuilt in November 1917 and again in 1952 after an interim renaming. The current kanji reading 'Nishikioka' was adopted on 10 September 1950. Freight handling ended on 15 May 1980, when the station's day-to-day duties were contracted out; parcels ended on 1 February 1984 and the last staff withdrew on 31 March 1984. JR Hokkaido inherited the station at the 1987 privatisation. After a fire on 16 August 1994 destroyed the previous building, the smaller present building entered service on 1 December 1994.

A third platformless track between the two main running lines is used for turnbacks by stopping trains terminating at Itoi (which lacks turnback facilities) and for freight overtake moves.