Sōen Station

Sōen Station (桑園駅, Sōen-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S02.[1]

Sōen Station 桑園駅
Sōen Station, April 2009
Location	Nishi 15-chōme, Kita-11-jō, Chūō, Sapporo, Hokkaido （札幌市中央区北11条西15丁目） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Hakodate Main Line ■ Sasshō Line
Distance	284.7 km from Hakodate
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	S02
History
Opened	1924
Passengers
FY2009	8,830 daily

Lines

Sōen Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and also the Sasshō Line (Gakuentoshi Line) from Sapporo.

Station layout

The elevated station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,[2] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Teine, Otaru
2	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Sapporo, Iwamizawa and New Chitose Airport
3	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
4	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Sapporo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hakodate Main Line
Kotoni (S03)		Local	Sapporo (01)
Rapid: Does not stop at this station[3]
Semi-Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sasshō Line
Hachiken (G03)		Local	Sapporo (01)

History

The station opened on 1 June 1924.[4]

Electric services commenced on the Sasshō Line from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.[5]

Surrounding area

• JR Hokkaido Head Office
• JR Freight Hokkaido branch
• Sapporo City Hospital
• Sapporo Racecourse
• Sapporo City University

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
2. "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
3. "JR HOKKAIDO Railway Lines in Sapporo Area" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
4. 桑園駅バリアフリー情報 [Sōen Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
5. 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.

External links

• Station information and map (in Japanese)