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Takuhoku Station

拓北駅
Takuhoku Station; 拓北駅
	Takuhoku Station, October 2004
General information
Location	Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido; Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Sasshō Line
Distance	12.2 km (7.6 mi) from Sōen
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	G09
History
Opened	15 December 1967; 57 years ago
Passengers
FY2014	2,418 daily
Services

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]

Lines

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

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.

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

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]

^ "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.
^ 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.