Station

Satsukari

札苅

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Satsukari
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Timetable information

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

Location

History

Satsukari Station opened on 25 October 1930 as a general-purpose stop on the Japanese Government Railways Kamiiso Line, which was renamed Esashi Line in 1936. Freight and parcel handling ended in 1970, when the station also became unstaffed. JR Hokkaido inherited it at the 1 April 1987 privatisation. On 13 March 1988 the Goryōkaku–Kikonai section was electrified and the platform was rebuilt from a single side platform to two opposing side platforms ahead of the Seikan Tunnel opening. After the closure of the Kikonai–Esashi section in 2014, Satsukari briefly became Hokkaido's southernmost unstaffed station before transferring to the South Hokkaido Railway Company on 26 March 2016.

Notes

The name is thought to descend from the Ainu sirar-tukar, meaning the near side of the rocks, a reference to the rocky shoreline below.

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