Shin-Kotoni Station

Shin-Kotoni Station

新琴似駅
General information
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated byThe logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido
Line(s)     Sasshō Line
Distance5.6 km (3.5 mi) from Sōen
ConnectionsThe logo of the Sapporo Municipal Subway. Asabu Subway Station
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG05
History
Opened20 November 1934; 90 years ago (1934-11-20)
Passengers
FY20143,738 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Shinkawa
towards Sapporo
 Sasshō Line Taihei
towards Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku

Shin-Kotoni Station (新琴似駅, Shin-Kotoni-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 G05.[1]

While situated relatively close to Asabu Station on the Namboku Line of the Sapporo Municipal Subway, there are no transfer passageways between these two stations.

Lines

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

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

History

The station opened on 20 November 1934.[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. ^ 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. ^ 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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