History
Noboribetsu Station opened on 1 August 1892 as a Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company stop when the line between Higashi-Muroran and Iwamizawa entered service. After flood damage in 1897 the station was rebuilt at its present location. The line was nationalised on 1 October 1906 and reorganised as part of the Muroran Main Line in 1909. From 1915 to 1933 the narrow-gauge Noboribetsu Onsen Tramway connected the station forecourt to the famous hot-spring resort. Operation passed to JR Hokkaido at privatisation on 1 April 1987. A third station building and new footbridge opened on 11 October 2025 as part of a JR Hokkaido and city accessibility upgrade.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
From 1968 the platform vendor sold an unusual ekiben called "Yō-zushi" — a Western-style sushi topped with ham and cheese and eaten with sauce — until production ended in 2004.