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Obihiro Station
is the main railway station in the city of Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. It is located on the Nemuro Main Line and is managed by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Originally built in 1905, the station was rebuilt in 1996, but part of the original tracks that ran past the old Obihiro Station can still be seen on the north side of the station. Lines Obihiro Station is served by the Nemuro Main Line, and is situated 180.1 km from the starting point of the line at Takikawa Station. The station is numbered "K31". Limited express services Obihiro Station is served by the following Limited express services. * '' Ōzora'' (Sapporo - Kushiro) * '' Tokachi'' (Sapporo - Obihiro) The fastest journey time between Sapporo and Obihiro is approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes by the ''Ōzora''. Station layout The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Facilities The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a Twinkle Plaza tr ...
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Nemuro Main Line
is a railway line in Hokkaido. Following the closure of the Furano-Shintoku section on 1 April 2024 the line is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) in two sections, being Takikawa to Furano and Shintoku to Nemuro (including Obihiro and Kushiro). Nemuro is the most easterly situated station on the Japanese rail system. Services Local trains operate between Takikawa and Furano 9 times per day. Prior to August 2016 four trains per day operated between Furano and Higashi-Shikagoe. Due to typhoon damage sustained that month, the line was closed between Higashi-Shikagoe and Shintoku, and passengers transferred to a bus. On 1 April 2024 the Furano-Shintoku section was closed, splitting the line in two. The segment east of Shintoku forms part of the trunk route between Sapporo (via the Sekisho Line) and eastern Hokkaido, and has more frequent service, although with decreasing frequencies as the line goes east. The limited express train '' Ōzora'' runs betw ...
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Obihiro, Hokkaido
is a Cities of Japan, city in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Obihiro is the only designated city in the Tokachi Subprefecture, Tokachi area. As of July 31, 2023, the city had an estimated population of 163,084. The next most populous municipality in Tokachi is the adjacent town of Otofuke, Hokkaido, Otofuke, with less than a third of Obihiro's population. The city had approximately 500 foreign residents in 2008. The city contains the headquarters of the Fifth Division of the Northern Army of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It also hosts the Rally Japan World Rally Championship-event. In 2008, Obihiro was designated a "model environmental city" in Japan. Geography and transportation The Tokachi-Obihiro Airport is located to the south of downtown Obihiro, but is still within the city's borders. It takes 50 minutes by car or 1 hour by bus from Obihiro Station to the airport. The next major airport nearby is New Chitose Airport. From Obih ...
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Kushiro Station (Hokkaido)
is a railway station in the city of Kushiro in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Lines Kushiro Station is served by the Nemuro Main Line, with '' Ōzora'' limited express train services to and from . Senmō Main Line The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), between Higashi-Kushiro Station in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Kushiro and Abashiri Station in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Abashiri. The name comes from and . In 2 ... trains from also terminate here. Adjacent stations References External links Kushiro Station(JR Hokkaido) {{coord, 42.990559, 144.382111, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark_region:JP Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1901 Kushiro ...
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Stations Of Hokkaido Railway Company
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Railway Stations In Hokkaido Prefecture
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th ...
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Privatization
Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes less regulated. Government functions and services may also be privatised (which may also be known as "franchising" or "out-sourcing"); in this case, private entities are tasked with the implementation of government programs or performance of government services that had previously been the purview of state-run agencies. Some examples include revenue collection, law enforcement, water supply, and prison management. Another definition is that privatization is the sale of a state-owned enterprise or municipally owned corporation to private investors; in this case shares may be traded in the public market for the first time, or for the first time since an enterprise's previous natio ...
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Specified Local Lines
The were the railway lines specified by Japanese National Railways (JNR) under the 1980 to be closed. All of 83 lines were closed and substituted by buses or transferred to other railway operators between 1983 and 1990. Selection Article 8 of the JNR Reconstruction Act (officially the Act on Special Measures concerning Reconstruction Promotion of Management of Japanese National Railways, Act No. 111 of 1980) directed JNR to specify unprofitable lines ("specified local lines") that should be replaced by bus operations based on certain criteria set by a Cabinet Order. However, even if Units of transportation measurement were below 4000 per day, these 51 sections which met the following requirements were exempt from being decommissioned. # The amount of passengers at peak time is over 1000 per hour in one direction. # There is a lack of replacement roads. # Replacement roads cannot be used during the winter over 10 days due to snow. # The average length of usage is over 30km, and ...
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Kitaca
Kitaca () is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Sapporo, Japan. It launched on October 25, 2008 and is managed by Hokkaido Railway Company. The card's name is a combination of the word for and the Japanese words of english origin, English loanword "card". 北 is also the first character of . Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses Radio Frequency Identification, RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa. The card's mascot is an ''ezo momonga (Siberian Flying Squirrel, Pteromys volans orii),'' a type of flying squirrel found in Hokkaidō, and was designed by Sora, an illustrator who lives in Sapporo. As of end August 2022, the number of cards issued was approximately 1.96 million. Usable area As of March 2024, 69 stations in the Sapporo-Asahikawa area, as well as 6 stations in the Hakodate area including unstaffed stations, accept Kitaca on the following lines. *Hakodate Main Line: Fro ...
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Midori No Madoguchi
, short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Japanese National Railways (JNR), and inherited by the (JR Systems), which is jointly owned by the seven railway companies of the JR Group: the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), West Japan Railway Company (JR West), Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). The MARS system used in JR ticket offices is Japan’s largest online real-time system, providing a year-round availability of 99.999%. It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. ...
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Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are sometimes used between the opposite-direction tracks on twin-track route stations as they are cheaper and occupy less area than other arrangements. They are also useful within larger stations, where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be accessed from opposite sides of the same platform instead of side platforms on either side of the tracks, simplifying and speeding transfers between the two tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms on twin-track routes is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platf ...
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Tokachi (train)
The is a limited express train service between and via the Hakodate and Nemuro Main Lines in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). As of November 2013, there are five trains per day running in both directions, with the fastest journey taking 2 hours 25 minutes (''Super Tokachi'' 4).JR Timetable, October 2009 issue Stops Trains stop at the following stations: - - - - - - - - - - Rolling stock ''Super Tokachi'' services are formed of 4-car (originally 5-car) KiHa 261 series and 5-car KiHa 283 series diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains. Formations All cars are no-smoking. KiHa 261 series KiHa 283 series (Past) Past File:Kiha183 tokati sapporo.jpg, KiHa 183 series ''Tokachi'' service, September 1990 File:Kiha183 supertokati.jpg, KiHa 183 series ''Super Tokachi'' service, 1993 File:JRH-kiha183 Limited-express Tokachi.jpg, KiHa 183 series ''Tokachi'' service, August 2009 File:Kiha261-1000 ST1203 Tokachi.jpg, KiHa 261 series ''Tokach ...
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Sapporo Station
is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station. Sapporo Station is the starting point and terminus for most limited express services operated by JR Hokkaido. It also has the tallest building ( JR Tower) in Hokkaido. Sapporo station is developing into a commercial center as large as Ōdōri Park and Susukino. Lines and trains The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains pass through or terminate at Sapporo Station: Hakodate Main Line *'' Okhotsk'' limited express (Sapporo – ) *'' Sōya'' limited express (Sapporo – ) *'' Kamui'' limited express (Sapporo – ) *''Lilac'' limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa) *''Niseko Liner'' rapid (,  – Sapporo) *'' Hokuto'' limited express (Hakodate – Sapporo) *'' Ōzora'' limited express (Sapporo – Kushiro) *'' Tokachi'' limited e ...
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