Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)

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
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
Distance3.7 km from Sōen
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG04
History
OpenedNovember 1, 1986 (1986-11-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)3,114 daily
Location
Shinkawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Shinkawa Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.

Station layout

The 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

1  Sasshō Line for Sōen and Sapporo
2  Sasshō Line for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sasshō Line
Hachiken (G03) Local Shin-Kotoni (G05)

History

The 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

  1. "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. 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. 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.

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