Mukawa Station (鵡川駅, Mukawa-eki) is a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
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| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hidaka Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1913 | ||||||||||||
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  Mukawa Station Location within Hokkaido  Mukawa Station Mukawa Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||
Services on the 116 km (72 mi) section of the line between Mukawa and Samani have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage.[1]
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The station opened on 1 October 1913.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[2]
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- ^ 日高本線・鵡川～様似間の復旧を断念 JR北海道、地元と協議へ [JR Hokkaido abandons reopening of Hidaka Main Line between Mukawa and Samani]. Traffic News (in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co. Ltd. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 862. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
42°34′44.1″N 141°55′26.1″E / 42.578917°N 141.923917°E
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