Hōei Station

Hōei Station (蓬栄駅, Hōei-eki) is a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Hōei Station 蓬栄駅
railway station
General information
Location	Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, Japan Japan
Coordinates	42°15′53″N 142°36′17″E
Owned by	Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido)
Operated by	Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido)
Line(s)	Hidaka Main Line
Distance	109.8 km from Tomakomai (on the Hidaka Main Line)
Other information
Status	Closed (formally closed April 1, 2021; services suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage)
History
Opened	15 July 1958 (1958-07-15)
Closed	1 April 2021 (2021-04-01)
Location
Notes Services on the 116 km section of the line between Mukawa and Samani have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage and formally closed on April 1, 2021.

JR Hidaka-Main-Line Hoei Station Overall

Services on the 116 km section of the line between Mukawa and Samani have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hidaka Main Line
Hidaka-Mitsuishi		Local		Honkiri

History

The station opened on 15 July 1958.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan