Sapporo Station

This article is about the station of JR Hokkaido. For the station of Sapporo Municipal Subway, see Sapporo Station (Sapporo Municipal Subway).
Sapporo Station
札幌駅

South side of the Sapporo Station
Location Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)
Connections Subway Sapporo Station
Other information
Station code 01
History
Opened 28 November 1880
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 95,288 daily
Location
Sapporo Station
Location within Japan

Sapporo Station (札幌駅 Sapporo-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station.

Sapporo Station is the starting point and terminus for the limited expresses of JR Hokkaido. It also has the tallest building (JR Tower) in Hokkaido. Sapporo station is developing into a commercial center as large as Ōdōri Park and Susukino.

Lines and trains

The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains pass through or terminate at Sapporo Station:

Layout

Sapporo Station consists of five platforms that are raised above street level. These raised platforms serve 10 tracks which run in an east-west direction. Two concourses run north-south below the platforms. It has a commercial facility called Paseo under the ground and JR Tower on the south side of the station.

Platforms

1-3 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Teine and Otaru
4 ■ Chitose Line for Minami-Chitose and New Chitose Airport
■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) for Ishikari-Tōbetsu
5-6 ■ Chitose Line for Minami-Chitose and New Chitose Airport
7-8 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Ebetsu and Iwamizawa
9-10 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Ebetsu and Iwamizawa
■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) for Ishikari-Tōbetsu


Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hakodate Main Line
Sōen (S02) - Naebo (H02)
Chitose Line
Terminus Airport Rapid Shin-Sapporo (H05)
Terminus Local Naebo (H02)
Sasshō Line
Sōen (S02) - Terminus

History

A reduced-size replica of Sapporo Station 1908

Sapporo Station opened on 28 November 1880 as a terminus of the Horonai Railway.[2] A new station building was built in 1881 and it was enlarged as Sapporo developed. In 1908, the station building was rebuilt because of a fire in 1907. The restored building can be found in the Historical Village of Hokkaido in Nopporo Forest Park.

The third reconstruction was finished in 1951 and the Sapporo Subway was opened in 1971. An underground shopping center was started in 1972 and a commercial building was opened on the east side of the station in 1978.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[2]

The current building was built in 2003.

Overnight sleeping car trains Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, and Hamanasu served the station prior to their discontinuation.

Surrounding area

Sapporo station bus terminal

Highway buses

See also

Coordinates: 43°04′07″N 141°21′02.8″E / 43.06861°N 141.350778°E / 43.06861; 141.350778

References

  1. ↑ "JR HOKKAIDO Railway Lines in Sapporo Area" (PDF). JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 816. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "北海道中央バス". www.chuo-bus.co.jp (in Japanese). Hokkaido Chuo bus. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  4. ↑ "札幌・旭川・増毛・留萌・羽幌・遠別・豊富｜沿岸バス株式会社". www.engan-bus.co.jp (in Japanese). Engan Bus. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  5. 1 2 3 "都市間高速バス ｜ 道南バス株式会社". donanbus.co.jp (in Japanese). Donan Bus. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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