Hachiken Station

Hachiken Station (八軒駅, Hachiken-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G03.[1]

Hachiken Station

八軒駅
LocationNishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
Distance2.2 km from Sōen
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG03
History
OpenedNovember 3, 1988 (1988-11-03)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)2,335 daily

Lines

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

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sasshō Line
Sōen (G02) Local Shinkawa (G04)

History

The station opened on 3 November 1988.[4]

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

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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. 八軒駅バリアフリー情報 [Hachiken Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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