History
Kuriyama Station opened on 1893-07-01 as a general station of the Hokkaido Colliery & Railway after local residents petitioned for a stop on the 1892 Iwamizawa–Muroran line. The original building burned down in January 1901 and was replaced later the same year; another rebuild followed on 1934-12-19. The Yūbari Railway connected here from 1926-10-14, making the station a junction until that line's passenger services were suspended on 1974-04-01 and formally closed on 1975-04-01. Freight ended on 1984-02-01 and JR Hokkaido took over on 1987-04-01. A combined station-and-cultural-centre building, "Kuriyama Culture Plaza Eki", was completed in December 2000.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
In Kuriyama Park near the station, a Yūbari Railway No. 21 — a privately ordered locomotive of the same JNR Class 9600 type — is preserved on static display.