Sekihoku Main Line

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Sekihoku Main Line
Taisetsu limited express train from Asahikawa to Abashiri
Overview
Native name	石北本線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR Hokkaido
Locale	Hokkaido
Termini	Shin-Asahikawa Abashiri
Stations	31
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR Hokkaido, JR Freight
Rolling stock	KiHa 283 series DMU, KiHa 40 series DMU, KiHa 54 series DMU, KiHa 150 series DMU
History
Opened	1932 (fully)
Technical
Line length	234.0 km (145.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map

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Legend
Hakodate Main Line 3.7 Asahikawa Furano Line 1.9 Asahikawa-Yojō 0.0 Shin-Asahikawa Sōya Main Line Freight Branch Line 2.5 Minami-Nagayama 5.2 Higashi-Asahikawa 7.3 Kita-Hinode 10.2 Sakuraoka 13.9 Tōma 17.4 Shōgunzan 19.5 Ikaushi 25.9 Aibetsu Ishikari River 32.0 Naka-Aibetsu Ishikari River 36.0 Aizan 38.0 Antaroma 40.4 Tōun Ishikari River 44.9 Kamikawa 50.5 Tenmaku 57.2 Nakakoshi Signal Box 64.9 Kamikoshi Signal Box Sekihoku Tunnel 73.9 Okushirataki Signal Box 78.9 Kami-Shirataki 82.2 Shirataki 88.3 Kyū-Shirataki 92.7 Shimo-Shirataki 101.9 Maruseppu 106.8 Inaushi 109.7 Setose 113.0 Shin-Sakaeno Nayoro Main Line 120.8 Engaru 128.8 Yasukuni 132.7 Ikuno 137.7 Ikutahara Jōmon Tunnel Jōmon Signal Base 152.7 Kanehana 156.2 Nishi-Rubeshibe 158.2 Rubeshibe 169.1 Ainonai 173.7 Higashi-Ainonai 176.3 Nishi-Kitami Kitami Tunnel Hokkaido Chihoku Kōgen Railway Furusato Ginga Line Kitami Depot 181.0 Kitami 183.7 Hakuyō 185.9 Itoshino 187.3 Tanno 194.6 Hiushinai 206.1 Bihoro Aioi Line 213.1 Nishi-Memambetsu 218.1 Memambetsu 225.9 Yobito Yūmō Line 234.0 Abashiri Senmō Main Line 235.3 Hama-Abashiri

Sekihoku Main Line (石北本線, Sekihoku-honsen) is a railway line in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between Shin-Asahikawa in Asahikawa and Abashiri Station in Abashiri. The name comes from the first Kanji characters of Ishikari Province (石狩国) and Kitami Province (北見国), names of 19th century provinces along the line.^[1]

On 19 November 2016, JR Hokkaido's President announced plans to rationalise the network by up to 1,237 km (769 mi), or ~50% of the current network,^[2] including the proposed conversion to Third Sector operation of the Sekihoku Main Line, but if local governments are not agreeable, the line will face closure.