Goryōkaku Station (五稜郭駅 Goryōkaku-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line and the Esashi Line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It is located in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan.
The station is named after Goryōkaku fort, located about two kilometers from the station.
Hakodate Freight Terminal (函館貨物駅 Hakodate Kamotsu-eki) of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) is adjacently located and had also been called Goryōkaku until the renaming on March 12, 2011.[1]
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The station has two platforms serving four tracks.
| 3･4 | ■Hakodate Main Line ■Esashi Line (Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line) |
For Hakodate |
| 5･6 | ■Hakodate Main Line | For Oshamanbe, Higashi-Muroran and Sapporo |
| ■Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line | For Aomori and Hachinohe | |
| ■Esashi Line | For Kikonai and Esashi |
The station opened as a new station on the Hakodate Main Line on September 1, 1911 for passenger trains and shortly thereafter for freight trains. It became the terminus of the Esashi Line on September 15, 1913.[2] The freight terminal was renamed Hakodate Freight Terminal on March 12, 2011.[1]
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