Nishi-Obihiro Station

Railway station in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Preceding station	JR Hokkaido			Following station
Taisei towards Takikawa		Nemuro Main Line		Hakurindai towards Nemuro

Nishi-Obihiro Station (西帯広駅, Nishi-Obihiro-eki) is a railway station in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Lines

Hokkaido Railway Company
- Nemuro Main Line Station K29

History

Nishi-Obihiro Station opened on 8 September 1907 as Fushiko Station (止若駅).^[1] It was renamed to its current name, Nishi-Obihiro Station, in November 1954.^[2]

With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Satoshi (1998). 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 (in Japanese). Japan Travel Bureau. p. 877. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
^ 北海道駅名の起源 (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1973. p. 124.