Tōbetsu Station (当別駅, Tōbetsu-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G13.[1]
Tōbetsu Station 当別駅 | |||||||||||
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 South entrance of Ishikari-Tōbetsu Station in October 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tōbetsu, Ishikari, Hokkaido Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sasshō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.9 km (16.1 mi) from Sōen | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | G13 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 November 1934 | ||||||||||
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| FY2009 | 2,340 daily | ||||||||||
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The name of the station has been changed from "Ishikari-Tōbetsu" to "Tōbetsu" on 12 March 2022.
Lines
editIshikari-Tōbetsu Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.
Station layout
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The station has one side platform (platform 1) and one island platform (platforms 2/3) serving a total of three 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] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Sōen and Sapporo |
| 2/3 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku |
History
editThe 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 26 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.
- ^ 石狩当別駅バリアフリー情報 [Ishikari-Tōbetsu accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
External links
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- Station information and map (in Japanese)