Soen train station

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Sōen ( 桑園 )
Soen station 01.jpg
View of the train station (April 2009)
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation S02
opening June 1, 1924
location
City / municipality Sapporo
prefecture Hokkaidō
Country Japan
Coordinates 43 ° 4 '15 "  N , 141 ° 19' 54"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 '15 "  N , 141 ° 19' 54"  E
Height ( SO ) 14  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Hokkaido

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The train station Sōen ( Japanese 桑園 駅 , Sōen-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It is located in Ishikari Sub-Prefecture , in the Sapporo City area .

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Sōen is a separation station located near the city center on the Hakodate main line from Hakodate to Sapporo , Hokkaidō's most important railway line. Here the Sasshō line branches off in the direction of Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku . Both lines are operated by the JR Hokkaido company.

On the main Hakodate line, regional trains run every 10 to 20 minutes to Otaru in the west and Iwamizawa and Tomakomai in the east. This offer is supplemented by express trains (Ishikari Liner) between Otaru and Iwamizawa. A basic 15-minute cycle is offered on the Sasshō line, with all trains running from the neighboring Sapporo station.

There are bus stops on both the north and south sides of the station, with numerous lines from various companies.

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The station, which is oriented from south-east to north-west, is located on a wide viaduct , with the ground floor serving as a distribution level . The viaduct has four covered tracks on two side and one central platform . The two southern tracks are reserved for the Hakodate main line, the two northern ones for the Sasshō line. The station is connected to the Aeon Sapporo Sōen shopping center, which opened in 2002, as well as an office tower that houses the headquarters of JR Hokkaido and the Hokkaidō branch of JR Freight . Within walking distance Racecourse Sapporo and are campus of the University of Hokkaido .

In the 2014 fiscal year, an average of 9,903 passengers were counted per day, making Sōen the sixth most frequented train station in JR Hokkaido.

Tracks

1 ▉  Hakodate main line Teine • Otaru
2 ▉  Hakodate main line Sapporo • Iwamizawa • New Chitose Airport
3 ▉  Sasshō line Ishikari-Tōbetsu • Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
4th ▉  Sasshō line Sapporo

history

The Hakodate Main Line between Sapporo and Otaru had existed since 1880, but trains did not stop here for the first three decades. This changed in August 1908 when the Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) set up a temporary stop that was only in operation on racing days at the nearby horse racing track. On June 1, 1924, the stop was replaced by the definitive Sōen station. The Japanese State Railways took the southernmost section of the Sasshō Line between Sōen and Ishikari-Tōbetsu into operation on November 20, 1934 .

On December 15, 1959, the state railway opened a short branch line from Sōen to the Sapporo Wholesale Market, but closed it again on October 2, 1978. The Hakodate main line in the suburbs has been electrified since August 28, 1968 . As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the possession of the new company JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 . In 1988, a viaduct replaced the previous ground-level route between Sapporo station and the junction of the Sasshō line, which also resulted in the reconstruction of Sōen station. A further improvement in the operating situation resulted on June 1, 2012 with the electrification of the Sasshō line to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku .

photos

  • JR Hokkaido headquarters next to the train station

  • Arriving train

  • Platform lock

  • Direction indicator

  • Aerial view (1976)

Adjacent train stations

←
 Lines
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Kotoni Hakodate line Hakodate Main Line
JR Hokkaido 		Sapporo
Hachiken Sassho line Sassho Line
JR Hokkaido 		Sapporo

Web links

Commons : Sōen Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JR Hokkaido railway lines in Sapporo area. (PDF, 986 kB) JR Hokkaido, accessed on July 2, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ 会 社 概要 (company profile). JR Hokkaido, 2015, accessed July 2, 2016 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大 辞典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 , pp. 126–127 (JNR / JR station change directory).
  4. ↑ Kōtsū Shinbun (Ed.): JR7 社 14 年 の あ ゆ み (14 years of history of the seven JR companies) . Transportation News Co., Tokyo May 2, 2001, p. 9 .