Rumoi Main Line

Rumoi Main Line
300px A single-car DMU on the Rumoi Main Line in September 2011
Overview
Type	Regional rail
Locale	JR Hokkaido
Termini	Fukagawa Mashike
Operation
Opened	23 October 1910
Owner	JR Hokkaido
Technical
Line length	66.8 km (41.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map 200px

The Rumoi Main Line (留萌本線, Rumoi-honsen) is a Japanese railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) which connects Fukagawa Station in Fukagawa and Mashike Station in Mashike.

Stations

Stops ... ●: All trains stop, ◆: some trains stop, ▼: down trains pass, ▲: up trains pass

Station name	Japanese	Between (km)	Distance (km)	Stop	Transfers	Location
Fukagawa	深川	-	0.0	●	Hakodate Main Line	Fukagawa
Kita-Ichiyan	北一已	3.8	3.8	▼
Chippubetsu	秩父別	5.0	8.8	▼		Chippubetsu, Uryū District
Kita-Chippubetsu	北秩父別	2.4	11.2	◆
Ishikari-Numata	石狩沼田	3.2	14.4	●		Numata, Uryū District
Mappu	真布	3.4	17.8	◆
Ebishima	恵比島	2.9	20.7	▼
Tōgeshita	峠下	7.6	28.3	●		Rumoi
Horonuka	幌糠	6.2	34.5	◆
Fujiyama	藤山	5.5	40.0	◆
Ōwada	大和田	4.2	44.2	▲
Rumoi	留萌	5.9	50.1	●
Segoshi	瀬越	2.1	52.2	▲
Reuke	礼受	4.0	56.2	●
Afun	阿分	1.3	57.5	▲		Mashike, Mashike District
Nobusha	信砂	2.7	60.2	▲
Shaguma	舎熊	0.8	61.0	●
Shumombetsu	朱文別	1.7	62.7	▲
Hashibetsu	箸別	1.3	64.0	▲
Mashike	増毛	2.8	66.8	●

History

The initial section of the line, between Fukagawa and Rumoi opened on 23 October 1910, and was extended to Mashike on 5 November 1921. The line was reclassified as a "main line" from 10 October 1931. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

Closure plans

On 10 August 2015, JR Hokkaido informed the mayors of Rumoi and Mashike of its plans to close the 16.7 km section of the line from Rumoi and Mashike in 2016. In April 2016, it was officially announced that the section from Rumoi to Mashike would be closing in December 2016, with the last services operating on 4 December.