Ainosato-kōen Station (あいの里公園駅, Ainosato-kōen-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 G11.[1]
Ainosato-kōen Station あいの里公園駅 | |||||||||||
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 Ainosato-kōen Station in December 2004 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°09′41″N 141°24′49″E / 43.1613°N 141.4135°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sasshō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 15.1 km (9.4 mi) from Sōen | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | G11 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1958 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2014 | 1,718 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editAinosato-kōen Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.
Station layout
editThe station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track section of the line east of Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station.[2] The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.[3] The station is unattended.
History
editElectric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]
See also
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- ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ 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 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-26.