Tokachi-Shimizu Station
Tokachi-Shimizu Station is a railway station located in the town of Shimizu, Kamikawa District, Hokkaidō, It is operated by JR Hokkaido.
Lines
The station is served by the Nemuro Main Line, and lies 9.1 km from the starting point of the line at.
Layout
Tokachi-Shimizu station has one island platform and two tracks connected by a footbridge. Regular trains use track 1, the main track closest to the station building, and track 2 is used only for interchanges. The station building is located on the east side of the station premises and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. There used to be a freight platform on the south side of the station building, as well as dedicated tracks to the JA Tokachi-Shimizu-cho warehouse on the west side of the Nemuro Main Line south of the station, the Nippon Beet Sugar Shimizu Factory on the east side of the main line, and the Hokuren Shimizu Sugar Factory on the north side of the station. However, all of these were abolished by November 1, 1986.
History
The station opened on 8 September 1907 as Shimizu Station on the Japanese Government Railways. It was renamed to its present name on 20 November 1934.With the privatization of the Japan National Railway on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the Hokkaido Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by under 570 passengers daily.。
Surrounding area