History
Bifuka Station opened on 3 November 1911 with the Railway Bureau's extension from Nayoro to Onneppu, under the original reading "Piuka" written with the same characters; the reading was changed to "Bifuka" on 14 July 1951 to match the village name. The Bikō Line branched here from 5 October 1964 until its closure on 17 September 1985. Operation passed to Japanese National Railways in 1949 and to JR Hokkaido at the 1 April 1987 privatisation. The original wooden depot was demolished in June 1987 and a new building, the Bifuka Town Transportation Terminal, opened on 3 November 1987. Since 1 May 2016 ticket sales have been delegated to Bifuka Town, with the actual counter run by the local tourism association.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
On the roof of the Transportation Terminal stands the Bikō Bell, installed to commemorate the abolished Bikō Line; it is rung daily at 15:00 and on the arrival of the limited express Sōya bound for Wakkanai.