Wakkanai Station

Railway station of JR Hokkaido located in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido
TrainStation dead_end_railway_station Q840452
Wakkanai Station
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Wakkanai Station

Summary

Wakkanai Station is a dead-end railway station[1]. It draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (dead_end_railway_station category, ranking #35 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wakkanai Station is located in Wakkanai[3].
  • Wakkanai Station is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Wakkanai Station's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station[5].
  • Wakkanai Station's instance of is recorded as railway station above ground[6].
  • Wakkanai Station's instance of is recorded as railway station[7].
  • Wakkanai Station's instance of is recorded as last station[8].
  • Wakkanai Station's connecting line is recorded as Sōya Main Line[9].
  • Wakkanai Station is owned by Hokkaido Railway Company[10].
  • Wakkanai Station is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company[11].
  • Wakkanai is named after Wakkanai Station[12].
  • Wakkanai Station's adjacent station is recorded as Minami-Wakkanai Station[13].
  • Wakkanai Station's adjacent station is recorded as Minami-Wakkanai Station[14].
  • Wakkanai Station's adjacent station is recorded as Minami-Wakkanai Station[15].
  • Wakkanai Station's postal code is recorded as 097-0022[16].
  • Wakkanai Station's station code is recorded as W80[17].
  • Wakkanai Station's station code is recorded as ワカ[18].
  • Wakkanai Station's Commons category is recorded as Wakkanai Station[19].
  • Wakkanai Station's said to be the same as is recorded as Roadside station Wakkanai[20].
  • December 26, 1928 marks the founding of Wakkanai Station[21].
  • Wakkanai Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 45.417027777777776, 'longitude': 141.677}[22].
  • Wakkanai Station's official website is recorded as https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/station/station.html#4515[23].
  • Wakkanai Station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • Wakkanai Station's connecting service is recorded as Sōya[25].
  • Wakkanai Station's daily patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+64'}[26].
  • Wakkanai Station's date of official opening is recorded as December 26, 1928[27].

Why It Matters

Wakkanai Station draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (dead_end_railway_station category, ranking #35 of 81).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone
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  2. 26d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of dead-end railway station, railway station above ground, railway station +1
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  3. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/station/station.html#45
    Date of official opening +1928-12-26T00:00:00Z
    Postal code 097-0022
    Daily patronage {'amount': '+64'}
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  4. 5w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after Wakkanai
    Website
    Coordinate location {'latitude': 45.417027777777776, 'longitude': 141.677}
    Located in
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P625]]: 45°25'1.30"N, 141°40'37.20"E"
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