History
Tōya Station opened on 1928-09-10 as Abuta Station, a stop on the new Muroran Main Line (then operated by Japanese Government Railways) in what is now the town of Tōyako. The station was renamed Tōya on 1962-11-01. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1987-04-01 control passed to the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It carries station number H41 and serves the area around Lake Tōya and Mount Usu; National Routes 37 and 230 pass nearby, and the station is the nearest railhead for visitors to Hokkaido Abuta High School and the surrounding tourist sites.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.