Takuhoku Station (拓北駅, Takuhoku-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 G09.[1]

Takuhoku Station

拓北駅
Takuhoku Station, October 2004
General information
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated byThe logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido
Line(s)     Sasshō Line
Distance12.2 km (7.6 mi) from Sōen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG09
History
Opened15 December 1967; 56 years ago (1967-12-15)
Passengers
FY20142,418 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Shinoro
towards Sapporo
Sasshō Line Ainosato-Kyōikudai

Lines

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Takuhoku Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.

Station layout

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The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.[2] The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.[3] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1  Sasshō Line for Sōen and Sapporo
2  Sasshō Line for Ishikari-Tōbetsu and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku


History

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The station opened on 15 December 1967.[4]

Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ 拓北駅バリアフリー情報 [Takuhoku Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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43°09′19″N 141°22′51″E / 43.1554°N 141.3809°E / 43.1554; 141.3809