Shin-Chitose Kūkō Station
| Shin-Chitose-kūkō ( 新 千 歳 空港 ) | |
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 Underground platform (September 2010)
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| Location in the network | Terminus |
| Design | Tunnel station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | AP15 |
| opening | July 1, 1992 |
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| City / municipality | Chitose |
| prefecture | Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 47 '15 " N , 141 ° 40' 51" E |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Shin-Chitose Kūkō station ( Japanese 新 千 歳 空港 駅 , Shin-Chitose-kūkō-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in the Ishikari sub-prefecture in the area of the city of Chitose and opens up the New Chitose Airport (Shin-Chitose-kūkō) .
description
The airport station is an underground terminus at the end of a 2.6 km long, single-track branch of the Chitose line that runs mainly in a tunnel . It is operated by the JR Hokkaido company and branches off near Minami-Chitose Station . The double-track station is located directly below the terminal for domestic flights and has a central platform .
With the exception of a few regional trains in the early morning, express trains called Airport Liner are offered throughout the day . They run to Sapporo station every 15 minutes ; every second train continues to Teine and Otaru . Destinations in the south and east of Hokkaidō can be reached by changing trains in Minami-Chitose.
In the 2014 fiscal year, an average of 14,085 passengers per day were counted, making New Chitose Airport Station the fourth busiest station in JR Hokkaido.
history
In 1991, New Chitose Airport replaced the old Chitose Airport, which is now used as the JASDF air force base. A branch line from Minami-Chitose was created to connect the new building to the existing rail network. In October 1990, JR Hokkaido signed a cooperation agreement with the Danish State Railways (DSB), which then took on the interior design of the underground airport station. The design was so popular that the DSB then designed other stations on Hokkaidō. The Japanese government financed the construction of the airport shuttle. The station opened on July 1, 1992. Two years later, DSB and Yasui Architects and Engineering received the Brunel Award for designing the platform barriers .
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Web links
- JR Hokkaido Station Information (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 会 社 概要 (company profile). JR Hokkaido, 2015, accessed July 19, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ JR Hokkaido: 20 Years After JNR Privatization Vol. 2 - Increasing Efforts to Strengthen Position as Leading Transportation Provider in Hokkaido. (PDF, 1.3 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Japan Railway & Transport Review 49th East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, March 2008, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Selection of Brunel Award Winning Railway Objects in Japan. (PDF, 1.3 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Japan Railway & Transport Review 49th East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, August 2006, archived from the original on December 5, 2008 ; accessed on July 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
