Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station (あいの里教育大駅, Ainosato-Kyōikudai-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 G10.[1]

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station

あいの里教育大駅
The south entrance in October 2012
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
Distance13.6 km from Sōen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG10
Websitewww.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/barrier/042/ainosato-map.html
History
Opened1 November 1986 (1986-11-01)
Electrified1 June 2012 (2012-06-01)
Passengers
FY20143,898 daily
Location
Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.

Station layout

The 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 Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku and Shin-Totsukawa
  • View of the platforms in December 2004

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sasshō Line
Takuhoku (G09) Local Ainosato-kōen (G11)

History

The station opened on 1 November 1986.[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[4]

Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[2]

Surrounding area

References
  1. "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 26 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. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 832. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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