History
Kurioka began on 1943-09-25 as the Kurioka Signal Box on the Japanese Government Railways Muroran Main Line, set up to handle wartime traffic. Local residents petitioned for its retention after the war, built a platform themselves, and the signal box was promoted to a full station as Kurioka on 1946-04-01, initially reusing the original signal-box building. Freight handling ended on 1972-03-15, parcel handling and staffing ended on 1980-05-15, and the present station building was rebuilt in 1982. The stop passed to JR Hokkaido on 1987-04-01. A 1990 tunnel collapse between Kuriyama and Kurioka led to permanent single-tracking of the section.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The current Kurioka building shares its standard design with Abira, Mikawa and Furusan, but Kurioka is the only one of the four built to a shorter length.