History
Shizukari Station opened on 10 December 1923 as a general station on the Chōrin Line of the Ministry of Railways, marking the extension of the line from Oshamambe. The line name became Chōrin-Nishi on 20 August 1925, was unified with Chōrin-Higashi as the Chōrin Line on 10 September 1928, and was absorbed into the Muroran Main Line on 1 April 1931. Freight was withdrawn on 15 March 1972, parcels on 1 February 1984, and the station became unstaffed on 1 November 1986. JR Hokkaido inherited Shizukari at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and in June 2023 it was named on a shortlist of 42 low-ridership stations being studied for closure.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Despite becoming an unstaffed station in 1986, Shizukari retains its wooden station building from the staffed era; the structure has been re-clad rather than rebuilt.