Company advertisement, p. 195 of Handbook of Japan and Japanese exhibits at World's fair, St. Louis, 1904 was a company engaged in coal mining, railway operation and shipping in Hokkaidō, Japan.
The company was established in 1889 when the state-owned and Horonai Railway were sold to the company. The company developed coal mines and transported coal to consumers by its own railways and a fleet of steamships.
The railway of the company was nationalized on October 1, 1906 under the Railway Nationalization Act. At this time the company was renamed , which continued mining until 1995 and is in business of coal importing from Russia as of 2014.
Railway
List of lines and stations As of September 30, 1906
Muroran – Temiya The Muroran–Iwamizawa section and the Iwamizawa–Otaru section are part of the Muroran Main Line and the Hakodate Main Line respectively today. The remaining Otaru–Temiya section became the Temiya Line, which was closed in 1985. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1892室蘭0.0Muroran Port御崎2.2 輪西2.9Present-day Higashi-Muroran鷲別5.6幌別10.3登別15.3敷生20.4Present-day Takeura白老27.0錦多峰34.3 Present-day Nishikioka苫小牧40.1沼ノ端45.9遠浅51.4 早来54.8 安平58.3追分62.5To Yūbari三川67.5 由仁72.3栗山75.4 清真布80.5 Present-day Kurisawa志文83.0 岩見沢86.5 To Utashinai, Ikushunbetsu1882幌向92.9 江別98.7 野幌100.6 厚別105.4 白石108.2札幌111.7 1880琴似114.2 軽川118.4 Present-day Teine銭函123.1 張碓126.3 Station closed in 2006朝里128.6 小樽131.9 Hokkaidō Railway to Present-day Minami-Otaru手宮133.6 Otaru Port. Station closed in 1985
Iwamizawa – Utashinai The Iwamizawa–Sunagawa section is the part of the Hakodate Main Line today. The remaining part became the Utashinai Line, which was closed in 1988. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1881岩見沢0.0To Muroran, Temiya, Ikushunbetsu峰延5.1美唄10.4奈井江17.0砂川21.9To Asahigawa via Japanese Government Railways神威29.2Station closed in 1988歌志内30.8Sorachi Mine. Station closed in 1988
Iwamizawa – Ikushunbetsu This section later became a part of the Horonai Line, which was closed in 1987. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1882岩見沢0.0To Otaru, Muroran, Utashinai幌内太6.7To HoronaiLater renamed Mikasa, station closed in 19871888幾春別11.2Ikushunbetsu Mine. Station closed in 1987
Horonaibuto – Horonai This section later became a part of the Horonai Line, which was closed in 1987. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1882幌内太0.0To Iwamizawa, IkushunbetsuLater renamed Mikasa, station closed in 1987幌内1.7Horonai Mine. Station closed in 1987
Oiwake – Yūbari The section from Oiwake to Shin-Yubari (Momijiyama) is a part of the Sekishō Line (Main section) today while the remainder became the Yubari Branch Line which closed in 2019. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1892追分0.0To Otaru, Muroran川端5.9滝ノ上11.3紅葉山15.7Present-day Shin-Yūbari沼ノ沢17.5清水沢20.9鹿ノ谷25.1夕張27.2Yūbari Mine
Sunagawa – Sorachigawa The company leased this section to Japanese Government Railways. This section is a part of the Hakodate Main Line today. Built inStationMileConnectionsNote1892砂川0.0To Iwamizawa, UtashinaiSorachigawa空知川3.0Only a divisional point of railway asset.
Nationalization As the Railway Nationalization Act was promulgated, on October 1, 1906, the company's railway (207 miles 51 chains), rolling stock (1,940), steamship (1), personnel (3,673) and other goods and contracts were transferred to the government of Japan, in exchange of 30,997,100 yen worth of government bond.
References
External links Hokkaido Colliery & Steamship Co., Ltd.