Hakuyō Station
railway station in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Hakuyō Station (柏陽駅, Hakuyō-eki) is a railway station located in the neighbourhood of Namiki in Kitami city in Hokkaidō, Japan, and is located on the JR Sekihoku Main Line operated by JR Hokkaidō.
Station structure
The station is elevated. The station is unstaffed, and consists of a single railway line and a single side platform. The station is mainly used by students commuting to a local senior high school.
Station environs
Because the town is becoming a residential area of Kitami, there are many shops and other businesses. Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami-Hakuyō Senior High School, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing and National Highway 39 are all nearby.
History
December 1, 1957: Temporary platform opened.
April 1, 1987: Station status upgraded.
October 1, 1992: Overhead station building constructed.
“Hakuyō Station” enters the record as railway station in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hakuyō, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5640680. Authority coordinates are 43.825, 143.917. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 1987 and 1992.
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