Sapporo Station

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Sapporo Station (札幌駅, sapporo-eki^?) is a train station located in Kita-ku and Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaidō Railway Company and is also connected to Sapporo Subway. The Hokkaidō Railway Company part is in Kita-ku while the Sapporo Subway part is in Chūō-ku.

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

Sapporo Station South Side

Sapporo Station North Side

Sapporo Station JR West Ticket Gate

Sapporo Station Subway Toho Line

Contents 1 Lines and trains 2 Layout 3 History 4 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines and trains

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

• Service operated by Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō)
  • Hakodate Main Line

    Lilac limited express (Sapporo - Asahikawa)

    Okhotsk limited express (Sapporo - Abashiri)

    Sarobetsu limited express (Sapporo - Wakkanai)

    Super Soya[Sōya] limited express (Sapporo - Wakkanai)

    Super White Arrow limited express (Shin-Chitose-Kuko - Sapporo - Asahikawa)

    Rishiri overnight limited express (Sapporo - Wakkanai)

    Ishikari Liner rapid service (Otaru - Sapporo - Takikawa)

    Niseko Liner rapid service (Ranetsu, Kutchan - Sapporo)

  • Chitose Line

    Hokuto limited express (Hakodate - Sapporo)

    Super Hokuto limited express (Hakodate - Sapporo)

    Super Ozora[Ōzora] limited express (Sapporo - Kushiro)

    Super Tokachi limited express (Sapporo - Obihiro)

    Tokachi limited express (Sapporo - Obihiro)

    Suzuran limited express (Muroran - Sapporo)

    Cassiopeia all pullman overnight limited express (Ueno - Sapporo)

    Hokutosei all pullman overnight limited express (Ueno - Sapporo)

    Twilight Express all pullman overnight limited express (Osaka - Sapporo)

    Marimo overnight limited express (Sapporo - Kushiro)

    Hamanasu overnight express (Aomori - Sapporo)

    Airport rapid service (Shin-Chitose-Kuko - Sapporo - Otaru)

  • Sassho Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
  • (In the future, Hokkaidō Shinkansen will be extended to here)
• Service operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
  • Sapporo Subway Namboku Line
  • Sapporo Subway Toho Line [Tōhō]
  • (In the future, Sapporo Shiden may be extended to here)

[edit] Layout

Sapporo Station consists of 5 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 Paseo under the ground and JR Tower on the south side of the station.

When the Hokkaidō Shinkansen is extended to Sapporo Station, Track No. 1 and 2 will be used for the Shinkansen trains.

[edit] History

Sapporo Station was opened in 1880 as a Horonai Railway's terminus. 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 Hokkaidō 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.

Until the 1970s, many passengers from Honshū got off at the station where porters waited for them with the flags of their hotels. However, the number of passengers traveling from Honshū by plane exceeded the number traveling by train in 1977.

The current building was built in 2003. Sapporo Station is now the center of transportation in Hokkaidō.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Souen Station		Hakodate Main Line		Naebo Station
Terminus		Chitose Line		Naebo Station
Souen Station		Sassho Line		Terminus
Kita 12(jūni)-jō Station		Namboku Line		Ōdōri Station
Kita 13(jūsan)-jō Higashi Station		Toho Line		Ōdōri Station