Hakodate Main Line

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One-car Kiha 40 train, commonly used for local services on the southern portion of the line

Hakodate Main Line is a railway line between the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō. It is one of the trunk lines operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.

Construction of the line began with the Otaru-Sapporo segment in 1880, and was complete by 1898.

[edit] Basic Data

• Operators, distances
  • Hokkaidō Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • Hakodate - Ōnuma-Kōen - Otaru - Asahikawa: 423.1 km / 262.9 mi.
    • Ōnuma - Oshima-sawara - Mori: 35.3 km / 21.9 mi. Unofficially called Sawara Line.
    • Nanae - Ōnuma: Used by northbound trains only. Officially not recognized as a different line. Unofficially called Fujishiro Line.
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
    • Goryōkaku - Oshamambe: 108.9 km / 67.7 mi.
    • Naebo - Asahikawa: 134.6 km / 83.6 mi.
    • Ōnuma - Oshima-sawara - Mori: 35.3 km / 21.9 mi.
• Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
• Tracks:
  • Quadruple-track line: Sapporo - Shiroishi (with Chitose Line)
  • Triple-tack line: Sōen - Sapporo (with Sasshō Line)
  • Double-track line:
    • Hakodate - Nanae
    • Mori - Washinosu
    • Yamazaki - Kuroiwa
    • Kita-Toyotsu - Oshamambe
    • Otaru - Sōen
    • Shiroishi - Asahikawa
• Electric supply:
  • 20,000 V AC:
    • Hakodate - Goryōkaku
    • Otaru - Asahikawa
  • Other sections are not electrified.
• Railway signalling:
  • Osamambe - Otaru: Special Automatic (Electronic Signal Verification); a simplified automatic system.
  • Other sections: Automatic
• Maximum speed at service: 130 km/h

[edit] Trains

[edit] Rapid Train

Iris

Hakodate - Oshamanbe

Niseko Liner

Rankoshi/Kutchan - Sapporo

Home Liner

Otaru/Teine - Sapporo

Ishikari Liner

Otaru - Ebetsu/Iwamizawa/Takikawa

Airport

Otaru/Hoshimi/Teine/Sapporo - Shiroishi - Shin-Chitose Kūkō

Some "Airport" change into (or from) "Super White Arrow" in Sapporo.

[edit] Limited Express

Super Hokuto, Hokuto

Hakodate - Oshamanbe - Higashi-Muroran - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo

Super White Arrow, Lilac

Sapporo - Asahikawa

Super Sōya, Sarobetsu

Sapporo - Asahikawa - Wakkanai

Okhotsk

Sapporo - Asahikawa - Abashiri

[edit] Night Express

Hokutosei, Cassiopeia

Ueno - (Goryōkaku) - Hakodate - Oshamanbe - Higashi-Muroran - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo

Twilight Express

Ōsaka - (Goryōkaku) - Oshamanbe - Higashi-Muroran - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo

Hamanasu

Aomori - (Goryōkaku) - Hakodate - Oshamanbe - Higashi-Muroran - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo

Rishiri

Sapporo - Asahikawa - Wakkanai

Okhotsk

Sapporo - Asahikawa - Abashiri

[edit] Stations

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