Rankoshi

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Rankoshi Station opened on 15 October 1904 as an intermediate stop on the private Hokkaido Railway during its extension northward toward Otaru. After nationalisation of the Hokkaido Railway on 1 July 1907 the line passed to Japanese Government Railways, and on 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. The Niseko express stopped here from 1 October 1981 until that service ended on 1 November 1986; freight handling ended in 1982 and the station was unstaffed in 1984, becoming simple-commission operated by the local municipality. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 control passed to JR Hokkaido, and station numbering S27 was introduced on 1 October 2007.

Although now mostly a local stop, Rankoshi remains the origin point of one daily inbound Rapid Niseko Liner service to Sapporo.