Futomi Station (Hokkaido)
Futomi Station 太美駅 | |||||||||||
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Ishikari-Futomi Station, October 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Tōbetsu, Ishikari District Hokkaido Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sasshō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.3 km (12.0 mi) from Sōen | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | G12 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 November 1934 | ||||||||||
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| FY1969 | 730 daily | ||||||||||
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Futomi Station (太美駅, Futomi-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G12.
Its name is derived from where it is located -- 當別太 (Tōbetsubuto) and 美登江 (Bitoe), and since there had been a station with the same name enunciatively, it is added with 石狩 (Ishikari), a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. In addition, the area's names Tōbetsubuto and Bitoe are respectively from Ainu to-pet-put, meaning "estuary rises in a lake", and pon-pit-o-i, meaning "a place with a lot of gravel". However, JR Hokkaido has changed its station name from "Ishikari-Futomi" to "Futomi" since 12 March 2022.