History
Hayakita Station opened on 1 August 1894 as part of the Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company's Muroran Line between Tomakomai and Oiwake. After the line was nationalised on 1 October 1906 it became part of the Muroran Main Line at the 1909 route-naming reform. From 18 January 1922 the Hayakita Tramway — later Hayakita Railway — branched east to Chiketsupe (now Atsuma), feeding the JNR mainline until the branch was withdrawn on 27 March 1951 in favour of buses still operated by Atsuma Bus. Freight was discontinued on 15 May 1980 and the station was unstaffed from 1 April 1984; JR Hokkaido inherited it at privatisation on 1 April 1987. The current building, jointly housed with the Abira (formerly Hayakita) town products hall, opened on 18 December 1989.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Local lore holds that the place name "Hayakita" was coined when two surveyors approaching from opposite ends of the railway happened to meet at this spot, naming it for the speed of their progress.