Shin-Kotoni Station

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]

Shin-Kotoni Station

新琴似駅
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
Distance5.6 km from Sōen
Connections Subway Asabu Station
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG05
History
Opened20 November 1934 (1934-11-20)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)3,738 daily

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 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
Shinkawa (G04) Local Taihei (G06)

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. 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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