title: Konbu Station
text: # Konbu Station
  
  Konbu Station (昆布駅, Konbu-eki) is a railway station in Rankoshi, Isoya District, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido and has the station number "S26". The station name is sometimes transliterated on railway maps and timetables as "Kombu Station".
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is located 170.3 km from the start of the line at Hakodate. Both local and the Rapid Niseko Liner services stop at the station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a side platform serving a single track.
  
  ## History
  
  The station was opened on 15 October 1904 by the private Hokkaido Railway as an intermediate station during a phase of expansion when its track from Hakodate to Neppu was extended to link up with stretches of track further north to provide through traffic from Hakodate to Otaru. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, control of the station passed to JR Hokkaido.
  
  