Tōbetsu Station | |
Native Name: | 当別駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Hokkaido |
Address: | Tōbetsu, Ishikari, Hokkaido |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed |
Code: | G13 |
Passengers: | 2,340 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2009 |
Map Type: | Japan Hokkaido#Japan |
is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G13.[1]
The name of the station has been changed from "Ishikari-Tōbetsu" to "Tōbetsu" on 12 March 2022.
Tōbetsu Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from to .
The station has one side platform (platform 1) and one island platform (platforms 2/3) serving a total of three 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] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 20 November 1934.[4]
Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]