was a railway station on the

Rumoi Main Line The is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa, Hokkaido, Fukagawa and Ishikari-Numata Station in Numata, Hokkaido, Numata. Following the discontinuation ...

Rumoi, Hokkaido 290px, Rumoi city hall 290px, central Rumoi is a city in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 18,132 in 10519 households, and a population density of 61 people per km2. The total area of the city is . T ...

, Japan, operated by

Hokkaido Railway Company The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to by its official abbreviation: . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a smart ...

(JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1921, the station closed on 4 December 2016.

Lines

Reuke Station was served by the

between and , and lay 56.2 km from the starting point of the line at Fukagawa.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 5 November 1921. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

Closure plans

On 10 August 2015, JR Hokkaido announced its plans to close the 16.7 km section of the line beyond Rumoi to Mashike in 2016. In April 2016, it was officially announced that the section from Rumoi to Mashike would be closing in December 2016, with the last services operating on 4 December.

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