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]
Takuhoku Station 拓北駅 | |||||||||||
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 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 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | G09 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 December 1967 | ||||||||||
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| FY2014 | 2,418 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editTakuhoku 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.[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 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Ishikari-Tōbetsu and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku |
History
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ "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.
External links
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- Station accessibility information (in Japanese)