Futomi Station | |
Native Name: | 太美駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Hokkaido |
Address: | Tōbetsu, Ishikari District |
Borough: | Hokkaido Prefecture |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Code: | G12 |
Passengers: | 730 daily |
Pass Year: | FY1969 |
is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G12.[1]
Its name is derived from where it is located -- and, and since there had been a station with the same name enunciatively, it is added with, a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. In addition, the area's names Tōbetsubuto and Bitoe are respectively from Ainu to-pet-put, meaning "estuary rises in a lake", and pon-pit-o-i, meaning "a place with a lot of gravel". However, JR Hokkaido has changed its station name from "Ishikari-Futomi" to "Futomi" since 12 March 2022.
Futomi Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from to .
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track section of the line east of Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station.[2] The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.[3] The station is unattended.
Ishikari-Futomi Station opened on 20 November 1934.[4]
Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and .[2]