Shinkawa Station (新川駅, Shinkawa-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G04.[1]
Shinkawa Station 新川駅 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sasshō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) from Sōen | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | G04 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1986 | ||||||||||
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| FY2014 | 3,114 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editShinkawa Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.
Station layout
editThe 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
edit| 1 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Sōen and Sapporo |
| 2 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku |
History
editThe station opened on 1 November 1986.[4]
Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]
References
edit- ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ 新川駅バリアフリー情報 [Shinkawa Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
External links
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- Station information and map (in Japanese)