Hama-Taura Station
railway station in Mukawa, Yufutsu district, Hokkaidō, Japan
Hama-Taura Station (浜田浦駅, Hama-Taura eki) was a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Mukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Some trains pass through this station, but a total of 12 trains stop here each day.
2021 In July, JR Hokkaido notified Mukawa Town of its intention to abolish this station in agreement with the residents. According to a JR survey, the average number of passengers per day at the station was 2 from 2016 to 2020, and 1 in 2021. According to Mukawa Mayor Yoshiyuki Takenaka, he revealed at the regular town assembly that JR Hokkaido told him that the station was scheduled to be abolished on April 1, 2023.
The public source identifies “Hama-Taura Station” as railway station in Mukawa, Yufutsu district, Hokkaidō, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hama-Taura, Station and railway.
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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 Q5643913. Authority coordinates are 42.591, 141.884. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 2016, 2020 and 2023.
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