Nemuro Station

43°19′37″N 145°34′58″E / 43.326926°N 145.582731°E / 43.326926; 145.582731Operated by JR HokkaidoLine(s)     Nemuro Main LinePlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeHistoryOpened5 August 1921; 102 years ago (1921-08-05)Passengers2019176 daily Services

Preceding station	JR Hokkaido			Following station
Higashi-Nemuro towards Takikawa		Nemuro Main Line		Terminus

Location
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Nemuro Station (根室駅, Nemuro-eki) is a railway station in Nemuro, Hokkaido. The station is the eastern terminus of the Nemuro Main Line and the easternmost staffed railway station in Japan.

Layout

Nemuro Station has a single side platform.

Platforms

1

Nemuro Main Line

for Kushiro

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nemuro Main Line
Ochiishi		Rapid		Terminus

Bus service

The station serves as Nemuro's central bus terminal, with scheduled overnight service to Sapporo via Nakashibetsu, two or three daily services to Kushiro, and multiple daily services to Nakashibetsu Airport, as well as local bus routes. Sightseeing buses operate to Cape Nosappu during summer months.^[1]

History

The station opened on August 5, 1921. It was the easternmost train station in Japan from 1921 to 1929, when a new railway opened to Habomai on the Nemuro Peninsula, and again from 1959, when the Habomai railway closed, until 1961, when Higashi-Nemuro Station opened on the eastern approach to Nemuro.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 884. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.