This railway opened in 1935 between Naka-Yubetsu Station〜Abashiri Station, mainly following the shores of Lake Saroma, the Sea of Okhotsk, Lake Notoro, and Lake Abashiri. However, depopulation along the line and increased car use led to falling passenger numbers, and the entire line was closed in 1987. After closure, Abashiri City opened the former station building as the “Abashiri City Railway Memorial Museum”, which also serves as a bus terminal. The １st floor has toilets and a waiting area available 24 hours a day, with a coffee shop occupying part of the space. The exhibition room on the ２nd floor displays various railway items, including station name boards, block instruments, and track maintenance tools, but there are few items related to the Yumo Line. Admission to the exhibition room is free, but it is usually locked. Tell the person in the coffee shop on the １st floor that you'd like to visit, and they will unlock it. Remember to let them know when you leave too.

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There is a Kyuroku locomotive and a passenger car on the former station platform, with exhibits and a coffee shop in the main building. Outdoor preservation by the sea is not a good environment, but the location is fantastic. Still, compared with steam locomotives kept outdoors in Kanto, this 9600 isn't in bad shape.

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Ubaranai Station was a station on the former Japanese National Railways Yumo Line, opened in Showa 10 (1935) as a station on the Ministry of Railways' Yumo East Line. In Showa 28, the line was renamed the Yumo Line. The station closed on 3/20, Showa 62 (1987), when the entire Yumo Line was discontinued. The railway memorial museum is within the former Ubaranai Station grounds.

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Very small, and it seemed not to be open during the hours listed on google. The locomotive and carriage are outside and can be viewed without restrictions. The maple tree at the entrance is beautiful!

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I think it's sufficient as a free facility provided by a city whose local finances are not abundant. Rather, I'm grateful that they maintain it and keep it open to the public. Demanding excessive service from a free facility without paying anything seems harsh… Besides railway materials, there are also historical materials from a closed elementary school, and I imagined what must once have been a lively town.