Hachiken Station

Hachiken Station (八軒駅, Hachiken-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G03.[1]

Hachiken Station

八軒駅
General information
LocationNishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated byThe logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido
Line(s)     Sasshō Line
Distance2.2 km (1.4 mi) from Sōen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG03
History
Opened3 November 1988 (1988-11-03)
Passengers
FY20142,335 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Sōen
towards Sapporo
Sasshō Line Shinkawa

Lines

Hachiken Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.

Station layout

The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks.[2] The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,[3] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1  Sasshō Line for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
2  Sasshō Line for Sōen and Sapporo

History

The station opened on 3 November 1988.[4]

Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]

References

  1. "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. 八軒駅バリアフリー情報 [Hachiken Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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