History
Kabutonuma Station opened on 25 June 1924 as the terminus of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Teshio Kita Line, then a single-line branch from Wakkanai (today's Minami-Wakkanai). On 25 September 1926 the Teshio Kita and Teshio Minami lines were merged into the Teshio Line, and on 1 April 1930 that route was folded into the Sōya Main Line. Operation passed from Japanese National Railways to JR Hokkaido at privatisation on 1 April 1987. In June 2023 the station appeared on a JR Hokkaido shortlist of 42 stops being studied for closure on low-ridership grounds.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Since the closure of nearby Bakkai Station in March 2025, Kabutonuma's wooden depot is the northernmost surviving wooden station building in Japan.