Shimukappu

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Shimukappu Station opened on 1 October 1981 as a passenger-only stop of the Japanese National Railways on the newly opened Sekishō Line, roughly midway between Shin-Yūbari and Shintoku. It was built to a substantial size with an attached maintenance base, having been planned from the outset as a forward base for maintaining the facilities along the surrounding section. From November 1986 it became unstaffed and operations were entrusted to Shimukappu Village. JR Hokkaido inherited the station at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and the station premises were remodelled in fiscal 1995 as part of the Sekishō and Nemuro line speed-up works. Its platforms have an effective length of 260 m, enough for thirteen-car limited expresses.

Because no regular local trains have ever run on the Shin-Yūbari–Shintoku section, holders of ordinary tickets are permitted to ride between Shimukappu and adjacent stations on limited-express trains without paying the express surcharge.