Sapporo Station

Location
	Sapporo Station Location within Hokkaido Sapporo Station Sapporo Station (Japan)

Sapporo Station

札幌駅
Sapporo Station; 札幌駅
	The south side of Sapporo Station in October 2009
Japanese name
Shinjitai	札幌駅
Kyūjitai	札幌驛
Hiragana	さっぽろえき
General information
Location	Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido; Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■■ Hakodate Main Line; Chitose Line; Sasshō Line; Hokkaido Shinkansen (Opens in 2031);
Platforms	3 island platforms, 2 side platforms
Tracks	10
Connections	Sapporo Subway Station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	01
History
Opened	28 November 1880; 143 years ago
Passengers
FY2015	95,288 daily
Services
Under Construction
Location
Location
	Sapporo Station Location within Hokkaido Sapporo Station Sapporo Station (Japan)

Sapporo Station (札幌駅, Sapporo-eki) is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station.

Sapporo Station is the starting point and terminus for most limited express services operated by JR Hokkaido. It also has the tallest building (JR Tower) in Hokkaido. Sapporo station is developing into a commercial center as large as Ōdōri Park and Susukino.

Lines and trains

The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains pass through or terminate at Sapporo Station:

■■ Hakodate Main Line

Okhotsk limited express (Sapporo – Abashiri)
Sōya limited express (Sapporo – Wakkanai)
Kamui limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa)
Lilac limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa)
Ishikari Liner semi-rapid (Otaru – Sapporo – Takikawa)^[1]
Niseko Liner rapid (Rankoshi, Kutchan – Sapporo)

Chitose Line

Hokuto limited express (Hakodate – Sapporo)
Ōzora limited express (Sapporo – Kushiro)
Tokachi limited express (Sapporo – Obihiro)
Suzuran limited express (Muroran – Sapporo)
Airport rapid (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo – Otaru)
Airport special rapid (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo)

Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)

Layout

Sapporo Station consists of five platforms that are raised above street level. These raised platforms serve 10 tracks which run in an east–west direction. Two concourses run north–south below the platforms. It has a commercial facility called Paseo under the ground and JR Tower on the south side of the station. The station is also planned to become a new high-rise building and a terminal station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen that is scheduled to open in Spring 2031.

On 16 October, 2022, due to construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen extension to Sapporo, Platform 11 opened for passengers while Platform 1 was discontinued.^[2] The new platform can accommodate trains up to six cars long.

Platforms

2-4	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Teine and Otaru
5-8	■ Chitose Line	for Minami-Chitose, New Chitose Airport and Tomakomai
9-10	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Ebetsu, Iwamizawa and Asahikawa
11	■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)	for Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku

Adjacent stations

Preceding station		Following station
Local
Naebo towards Numanohata or New Chitose Airport	Chitose Line Local	Terminus
Sōen towards Hakodate	Hakodate Main Line Local	Naebo towards Asahikawa
Terminus	Sasshō Line Local	Sōen towards Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
Rapid
Shiroishi towards New Chitose Airport	Rapid Airport	Sōen towards Otaru
Shin-Sapporo towards New Chitose Airport	Special Rapid Airport	Terminus
Kotoni towards Kutchan	Niseko Liner	Terminus
Limited Express
Shin-Sapporo towards Hakodate	Hokuto	Terminus
Terminus	Ōzora	Shin-Sapporo towards Kushiro
Shin-Sapporo towards Higashi-Muroran	Suzuran	Terminus
Terminus	Tokachi	Shin-Sapporo towards Obihiro
	Lilac	Iwamizawa towards Asahikawa
	Sōya	Iwamizawa towards Wakkanai
	Okhotsk	Iwamizawa towards Abashiri
	Kamui	Iwamizawa towards Asahikawa

History

A reduced-size replica of Sapporo Station 1908 (Historical Village of Hokkaido)

Sapporo Station opened on 28 November 1880 as a terminus of the Horonai Railway.^[3] A new station building was built in 1881 and it was enlarged as Sapporo developed.^{[citation needed]} In 1908, the station building was rebuilt because of a fire in 1907. The restored building can be found in the Historical Village of Hokkaido in Nopporo Forest Park.^{[citation needed]}

The third reconstruction was finished in 1951 and the Sapporo Subway was opened in 1971. An underground shopping center was started in 1972, and a commercial building was opened on the east side of the station in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[3]

The current building was built in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Overnight sleeping car trains Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, and Hamanasu served the station prior to their discontinuation.

Surrounding area

Subway Sapporo Station
Sapporo station Bus Terminal
National Route 5 (to Hakodate)
Hokkaido Development Bureau building
Hokkaido University
Hokkaido Police Headquarters
Sapporo Central Post Office
Sapporo 1 building, (Sapporo Government Office building)
Sapporo agricultural cooperative association (JA Sapporo), Chuo branch
Sapporo JR Tower
Sapporo Stellar Place, shopping mall
Daimaru store, Sapporo branch
Sapporo Cinema Frontier
Sapporo Esta, shopping center
Tokyu Department Store, Sapporo branch
Asty 45, building
PASEO, shopping center
APIA, shopping center
Hotel New Otani Sapporo

Sapporo station bus terminal

Highway buses

Iwamizawa; For Iwamizawa Station^[4]
Mikasa; For Iwamizawa Station and Mikasa^[4]
Bibai; For Bibai Station^[4]
Furano; For Iwamizawa, Sunagawa, Higashi-Takikawa Station, Akabira Station, Ashibetsu Station, and Furano Station^[4]
Kuriyama; For Kurisawa Station and Kuriyama Station^[4]
Yubari; For Kuriyama Station, Shikanotani Station, and Yūbari Station^[4]
Takikawa; For Takikawa Station^[4]
Shintotsukawa; For Takikawa and Shintotsukawa^[4]
Rumoi; For Takikawa, Fukagawa, and Rumoi Station^[4]
Asahikawa; For Asahikawa Station^[4]
Engaru; For Shirataki and Engaru Station^[4]
Nayoro; For Wassamu Station, Kenbuchi, Shibetsu, Fūren Station, and Nayoro Station^[4]
Ryuhyo Monbetsu; For Takinoue and Monbetsu^[4]
Haboro; For Mashike Station, Rumoi Station, Obira, Tomamae, Haboro, Shosanbetsu, Enbetsu, Teshio, and Toyotomi Station^[5]
Muroran/Muroran Soccer/Hakucho; For Noboribetsu Station, Higashi-Muroran Station, and Muroran Station^[4]
Tomakomai/Haskap; For Tomakomai Station and Tomakoma Ferry Terminal^[4]
Hakodate; For Yakumo, Mori, Nanai Station, Goryōkaku Station, Hakodate Station, and Yunokawa Onsen^[4]
Pegasus; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Kiyohata Station, Shizunai Station, Hidaka-mitsuishi Station, and Urakawa Station^[6]
Hidaka; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Biratori, and Hidaka^[6]
Date Liner; For Datemombetsu Station^[6]
Otaru; For Otaru-Chikkō Station, Otaru Station^[4]
Yoichi; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi Station, Umekawa, and Toyohama^[4]
Shakotan; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi, Furubira, and Shakotan^[4]
Iwanai; For Rashima, Yoichi, Kyōwa, and Iwanai^[4]
Niseko; For Otaru Station, Yoichi, Niki, Kyowa, Kutchan, and Niseko^[4]
Hiroo Santa; For Urakawa and Hiroo^[4]
Erimo; For Hidaka-horobetsu Station, Samani Station, and Erimo^[4]
Starlight Kushiro; For Shiranuka Station, Otanoshike Station, and Kushiro Station^[4]

References

^ "JR Hokkaido – Railway Lines in Sapporo Area" (PDF). JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ Kinoshita, Kenji (17 August 2022). "JR北海道、札幌駅11番ホーム(6両対応)10/16使用開始 - 1番線は廃止" [JR Hokkaido, Sapporo Station Platform 11 (for 6 cars) Starts use on 10/16 - Platform 1 will be abolished.]. MyNavi corporation (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 816. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "北海道中央バス". www.chuo-bus.co.jp (in Japanese). Hokkaido Chuo bus. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ "札幌・旭川・増毛・留萌・羽幌・遠別・豊富｜沿岸バス株式会社". www.engan-bus.co.jp (in Japanese). Engan Bus. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "都市間高速バス｜道南バス株式会社". donanbus.co.jp (in Japanese). Donan Bus. Retrieved 12 February 2016.