Bakkai Station

Location
	Bakkai Station Location within Hokkaido Bakkai Station Location within Japan

W78
Bakkai Station

抜海駅
W78; Bakkai Station; 抜海駅
	Bakkai Station in October 2017
General information
Location	Kutonebetsu, Bakkai-mura, Wakkanai-shi, Hokkaido 097-0036; Japan
Coordinates	45°19′0.7″N 141°38′40.4″E / 45.316861°N 141.644556°E
System	regional rail
Operator	JR Hokkaido
Line	Sōya Main Line
Distance	245.0 km (152.2 mi) from Asahikawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W78
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 June 1924
Closed	14 March 2025
Passengers
FY2020	2.6 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Bakkai Station Location within Hokkaido Bakkai Station Location within Japan

Bakkai Station (抜海駅, Bakkai-eki) was a railway station located in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was operated by JR Hokkaido.

On 14 March 2025, the station was closed due to low number of passengers.

Lines

Bakkai Station was served by the 259.4 km (161.2 mi) Sōya Main Line from Asahikawa to Wakkanai, and lay 245.0 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa. The station was numbered "W78".

Layout

Bakkai Station was a ground-level station with two opposed side platforms, which formed a passing loop on the otherwise single-track line. The platforms were linked by a level crossing for passengers. The station was unstaffed, and was the northernmost unstaffed station in Japan during the years before its closure.

Platforms

1	■ Soya Main Line	for Wakkanai
2	■ Soya Main Line	for Horonobe and Nayoro

Bakkai Station building (From the platform side)
The platforms in October 2017
The passenger level crossing between the platforms in October 2017
Signboard

History

The station opened on 25 June 1924 with the opening of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Teshio North Line between Wakkanai Station (now Minami-Wakkanai Station) and Kabutonuma Station. On 25 September 1926 the Teshio South Line and Teshio North Line were merged and the line name was changed to Teshio Line, and on 1 April 1930 the Teshio Line was incorporated into the Sōya Main Line . With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Hokkaido took over control of the station.

In June 2023, this station was selected to be among 42 stations on the JR Hokkaido network to be slated for abolition owing to low ridership. The station was officially closed down on 14 March 2025.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 3.8 passengers daily.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

The station was located in the Kutonebetsu district on a hill approximately two kilometers inland away from the coastal settlement of Bakkai (former Bakkai Village). In front of the station, weeds grew everywhere except the road, and there were only a few dilapidated houses and sheds, no stores. Hokkaido Highway 510 Bakkai Kabutonuma Station Line passed near the station.

References

↑ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2016). 北海道ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻道東道北エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 4062951800.
↑ "抜海駅" [Bakkai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
1 2 "「日本最東端の駅」廃駅へ JR北海道東根室駅、来春のダイヤ改定で：朝日新聞". 朝日新聞 (in Japanese). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
1 2 3 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. 903. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ Sugiyama, Junichi (26 June 2023). "「JR北海道が42駅廃止検討」報道、宗谷本線の駅がごっそり消える?" [Report of JR Hokkaido regarding abolition of 42 Stations, majority of which are on the Soya Main Line]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

External links

[kawashima-1] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2016). 北海道ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻道東道北エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Hokkaido. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 East and North areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 4062951800.

[hacchi-2] "抜海駅" [Bakkai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[asahi-3] 1 2 "「日本最東端の駅」廃駅へ JR北海道東根室駅、来春のダイヤ改定で：朝日新聞". 朝日新聞 (in Japanese). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

[teishajo1998-4] 1 2 3 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. 903. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[5] Sugiyama, Junichi (26 June 2023). "「JR北海道が42駅廃止検討」報道、宗谷本線の駅がごっそり消える?" [Report of JR Hokkaido regarding abolition of 42 Stations, majority of which are on the Soya Main Line]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.