Sōen Station

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Sōen Station

桑園駅
Soen station 01.jpg
Sōen Station, April 2009
LocationNishi 15-chōme, Kita-11-jō, Chūō, Sapporo, Hokkaido
（札幌市中央区北11条西15丁目）
Japan
CoordinatesCoordinates: 43°04′15″N 141°19′55″E / 43.07077597°N 141.3318292°E / 43.07077597; 141.3318292
Operated byJR logo (hokkaido).svg JR Hokkaido
Line(s)
Distance284.7 km from Hakodate
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeS02
History
Opened1924
Passengers
FY20098,830 daily

Sōen Station (桑園駅, Sōen-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S02.[1]

Lines[]

Sōen Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and also the Sasshō Line (Gakuentoshi Line) from Sapporo.

Station layout[]

The elevated station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,[2] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms[]

1 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Teine, Otaru
2 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Sapporo, Iwamizawa and New Chitose Airport
3 ■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line) for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
4 ■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line) for Sapporo

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Hakodate Main Line
Kotoni (S03) Local Sapporo (01)
Rapid: Does not stop at this station[3]
Semi-Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sasshō Line
Hachiken (G03) Local Sapporo (01)

History[]

The station opened on 1 June 1924.[4]

Electric services commenced on the Sasshō Line from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[5]

Surrounding area[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  3. ^ "JR HOKKAIDO Railway Lines in Sapporo Area" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  4. ^ 桑園駅バリアフリー情報 [Sōen Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  5. ^ Nomura, Yukihiro (August 2012). "札沼線電化事業の概要" [Outline of Sasshō Line Electrification Project]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41 no. 340. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 4–9.

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