Goryōkaku Station
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]
Lines
Station structure
The station has two platforms serving four tracks.
- Platforms
| 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 |
History
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]
Bus services
- Hakodate Bus
Surrounding area
- Goryōkaku-Ekimae Post office
Adjacent stations
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- Hakodate Main Line
- Esashi Line
- Goryōkaku - Nanaehama
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Japan Freight Railway Company (March 11, 2011). "駅名改称のご案内 ～６線区８ヶ所の駅名を改称します～". Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 805, 827, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.
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Coordinates: 41°48′15″N 140°44′01″E / 41.8042°N 140.7337°E