Hakodate main line

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Hakodate main line
Class 789 multiple unit on the Hakodate main line
Class 789 multiple unit on the Hakodate main line
Route of the Hakodate Main Line
Route length: 423.1 km + 35.3 km
Gauge : 1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system : partly 20 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed: 120 km / h
Dual track : Hakodate - Nanae
Mori - Washinosu
Yamasaki - Kuroiwa
Kita-Toyotsu - Oshamanbe
Otaru - Asahikawa
Society: JR Hokkaido
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Seikan ferry to Aomori 1908-1988
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Hakodate-sanbashi ( 函館 桟 橋 ) 1915-1968
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0.0 Hakodate ( 函館 ) 1902–
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0.8 Kameda ( 亀 田 ) 1902-1911
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Urban port railway
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Station, station
3.4 Goryōkaku ( 五 稜 郭 ) 1911–
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Goryōkaku freight yard 1912–
   
Esashi line 1913–
Stop, stop
8.3 Kikyō ( 桔梗 ) 1902–
Stop, stop
10.4 Ōnakayama (大 中山) 1950–
Station, station
13.8 Nanae ( 七 飯 ) 1902–
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← Fujishiro branch line 1966–
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(4 tunnels)
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Hokkaidō Shinkansen
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17.9 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
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( 新 函館 北斗 ) 1902–
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21.2 Niyama ( 仁 山 ) 1943–
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22.5 Dodge Kumanoyu 1962-1966
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Dodge Konuma 1943-1948
Station, station
27.0
0.0 *
Ōnuma ( 大沼 ) 1903–
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28.0 Ōnumakōen ( 大沼 公園 ) 1908–
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Ōnuma Railway 1928-1945
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Ikusa-gawa
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3.4 * Ikadaen ( 池 田園 ) 1945–
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Ōnuma Lake
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31.7 Akaigawa ( 赤 井 川 ) 1904–
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5.6 * Nagareyama Onsen ( 流 山 温泉 ) 2002–
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← Ōnuma Railway
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6.8 * Chōshiguchi ( 銚 子口 ) 1945–
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36.7 Komagatake ( 駒 ヶ 岳 ) 1903–
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40.1 Higashiyama ( 東山 ) 1943-2017
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Shin-Honbetsu ( 新 本 別 ) 1945-1949
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14.6 * Shikabe ( 鹿 部 ) 1945–
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20.0 * Oshima Numajiri ( 渡 島 沼 尻 ) 1945–
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25.3 * Oshima-sawara ( 渡 島 砂 原 ) 1945–
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29.0 * Kakarima ( 掛 澗 ) 1945–
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← Oshima Kaigan Tetsudō 1927-1945
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31.9 * Oshironai ( 尾 白 内 ) 1945–
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Oshironai-gawa
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44.2 Himekawa ( 姫 川 ) 1951-2017
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46.1 Dodge Morikawa 1944-1945
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33.5 * Higashi-Mori ( 東 森 ) 1945–
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Station, station
49.5
35.3 *
Mori ( ) 1903–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Torisaki-gawa
Stop, stop
52.2 Katsuragawa ( 桂 川 ) 1944–
tunnel
Katsuragawa Tunnel (656 m)
Stop, stop
56.1 Ishiya ( 石谷 ) 1930–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
(4 tunnels)
Stop, stop
60.0 Hon-Ishikura ( 本 石 倉 ) 1944–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Stop, stop
62.1 Ishikura ( 石 倉 ) 1903–
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(2 tunnels)
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66.1 Otoshibe ( 落 部 ) 1911–
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Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Otoshibe-gawa
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Nodaoi-gawa
Stop, stop
71.4 Nodaoi ( 野 田 生 ) 1903–
Stop, stop
76.3 Yamakoshi ( 山 越 ) 1903–
Station, station
81.1 Yakumo ( 八 雲 ) 1903–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Yūrappu-gawa
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84.2 Washinosu ( 鷲 ノ 巣 ) 1944-2016
Station, station
88.3 Yamasaki ( 山崎 ) 1904–
Station, station
94.4 Kuroiwa ( 黒 岩 ) 1903–
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
98.2 Kita-Toyotsu ( 北 豊 津 ) 1944–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Kunnui-gawa
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Setana lineage 1929-1987
Station, station
102.8 Kunnui ( 国 縫 ) 1903–
Stop, stop
107.7 Nakanosawa ( 中 ノ 沢 ) 1904–
Station, station
112.3 Oshamambe ( 長 万 部 ) 1903–
   
Muroran main line 1923–
   
Hokkaidō Highway
Stop, stop
120.9 Futamata ( 二 股 ) 1903–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Futamata-gawa
Stop, stop
126.9 Warabitai ( 蕨 岱 ) 1904–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Station, station
132.3 Kuromatsunai ( 黒 松 内 ) 1903–
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Suttsu lineage 1920-1968
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Neppu-gawa
Station, station
140.4 Neppu ( 熱 郛 ) 1903–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
1. Shiraikawa tunnel
tunnel
2. Shiraikawa tunnel (595 m)
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147.6 Kami-Mena 1913-11984
Station, station
155.8 Mena ( 目 名 ) 1904–
Station, station
163.4 Rankoshi ( 蘭 越 ) 1904–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Station, station
170.3 Kombu ( 昆布 ) 1904–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Shiribetsu-gawa (4 ×)
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← Makkari line 1936-1953
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179.6 Niseko ( ニ セ コ ) 1904–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Shiribetsu-gawa (2 ×)
Stop, stop
186.6 Hirafu ( 比羅夫 ) 1904–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Shiribetsu-gawa (2 ×)
Station, station
193.3 Kutchan ( 倶 知 安 ) 1904–
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Iburi line 1919-1986
tunnel
Kutchan Tunnel (1012 m)
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→ Iwanaibashi Railway 1905-1912
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203.6 Kozawa ( 小 沢 ) 1904–
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Iwanai Line 1912-1985
tunnel
Inaho tunnel (1276 m)
Station, station
213.4 Ginzan ( 銀山 ) 1904–
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Yamanichi ( 山道 ) 1903-1904
Station, station
224.1 Shikaribetsu ( 然 別 ) 1902–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Yoichi-gawa
Station, station
228.2 Niki ( 仁 木 ) 1902–
Station, station
232.6 Yoichi ( 余 市 ) 1902–
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→ Yoichi Rinko Railway 1933-1940
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Station, station
237.9 Ranshima ( 蘭 島 ) 1902–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
(4 tunnels)
Station, station
244.8 Shioya ( 塩 谷 ) 1903–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
(2 tunnels)
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Station, station
252.5 Otaru ( 小樽 ) 1903–
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Temiya line 1880-1985
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Urban port railway 1932-1984
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3.2 * Hama-Otaru ( 浜 小樽 ) 1932-1984
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Kaijō-mae ( 会場 前 ) -1984
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254.1 Minami-Otaru ( 南 小樽 ) 1880–
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Katsunai-gawa
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Station, station
256.2
0.0 *
Otaruchikkō ( 小樽 築 港 ) 1910–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Asarikawa
Stop, stop
259.3 Asari ( 朝 里 ) 1880–
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
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262.9 Hariusu 1905-2006
Station, station
268.1 Zenibako ( 銭 函 ) 1880–
Stop, stop
271.0 Hoshimi ( ほ し み ) 1995–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Hoshioki-gawa
Stop, stop
272.6 Hoshioki ( 星 置 ) 1985–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Nigori-gawa
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273.7 Inaho ( 稲 穂 ) 1986–
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Parking area Sapporo
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275.7 Teine ( 手 稲 ) 1880–
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→ Karuishi Railway 1922-1940
Stop, stop
277.0 Inazumikōen ( 稲 積 公園 ) 1986–
Stop, stop
279.2 Hassamu ( 発 寒 ) 1986–
   
Sasson Highway
Stop, stop
281.0 Hassamuchūō ( 発 寒 中央 ) 1986–
Stop, stop
282.5 Kotoni ( 琴 似 ) 1880–
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Sasshō line 1934–
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Market station 1959-1978
Station, station
284.7 Sōen ( 桑園 ) 1924–
Station, station
286.3 Sapporo ( 札幌 ) 1880–
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→ Sapporo train 1911-1935
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Main works in Naebo
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288.5 Naebo ( 苗 穂 ) 1910–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Toyohira-gawa
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Chitose line 1926-1973
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Higashisapporo 1926-1985
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292.1 Shiroishi ( 白石 ) 1903–
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Army weapons depot
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Tsukisamu-kawa
   
Hokkaidō Highway
Station without passenger traffic
295.1 Sapporo freight yard 1968–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Atsubetsu-kawa
   
← Chitose line 1973–
Station, station
296.5 Atsubetsu ( 厚 別 ) 1894–
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Ammunition depot
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Nopporo-gawa
Stop, stop
298.5 Shinrinkōen ( 森林 公園 ) 1984–
Stop, stop
300.8 Ōasa ( 大麻 ) 1966–
   
Hokkaidō Highway
Stop, stop
304.2 Nopporo ( 野 幌 ) 1889–
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Yūbari Railway Line 1930-1975
Stop, stop
306.5 Takisago ( 高 砂 ) 1986–
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Ebetsu power station
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Ōji Seishi
Station, station
307.3 Ebetsu ( 江 別 ) 1882–
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Chitose-gawa
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Yūbari-gawa
Stop, stop
313.5 Toyohoro ( 豊 幌 ) 1956–
Station, station
316.7 Hiromui ( 幌 向 ) 1882–
Stop, stop
322.6 Kami-Hiromui ( 上 幌 向 ) 1907–
   
Muroran main line 1892–
Station, station
326.9 Iwamizawa ( 岩 見 沢 ) 1884–
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Horonai line 1882-1987
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Dodge Higashioka 1919-1924
Stop, stop
335.3 Minenobu ( 峰 延 ) 1891–
Stop, stop
339.8 Kōshunai ( 光 珠 内 ) 1948–
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← Minamibibai branch line 1931-1973
Station, station
343.7 Bibai ( 美 唄 ) 1891–
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Bibai railway line 1914-1972
Station, station
348.1 Chashinai ( 茶 志 内 ) 1916–
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Chashinai coal mine
Station, station
354.3 Naie ( 奈 井 江 ) 1891–
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Naie mine train 1948-1968
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Naie-gawa
Stop, stop
359.0 Toyonuma ( 豊 沼 ) 1942–
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Mitsui Chemicals
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Kamisunagawa branch line 1918-1994
Station, station
362.2 Sunagawa ( 砂 川 ) 1891–
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Utashinai Line 1891-1988
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367.0 Evade Sorachibuto 1940-1956
   
Sorachi-gawa
Station, station
369.8 Takikawa ( 滝 川 ) 1898–
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Nemuro main line 1913–
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Takikawa power plant
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374.1 Dodge Fukasawa 1961-1966
Station, station
378.2 Ebeotsu ( 江 部 乙 ) 1898–
   
Ishikari
Station, station
388.7 Moseushi ( 妹 背 牛 ) 1898–
   
Rumoi main line 1910–
Station, station
392.9 Fukagawa ( 深 川 ) 1898–
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Shinmei lineage 1924-1995
Stop, stop
400.3 Osamunai ( 納 内 ) 1898–
   
Hokkaidō Highway
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Kamui tunnel (4523 m)
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406.1 Kamuikotan ( 神 居 古 潭 ) 1901-1969
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Dodge Harukokorzashi 1961-1969
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1. Inō tunnel (1240 m)
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Stop, stop
413.0 Inō ( 伊納 ) 1898–
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2. Inō tunnel
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Arashiyama Tunnel (1300 m)
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Bridge over watercourse (medium)
Osarappe-gawa
Station, station
419.1 Chikabumi ( 近 文 ) 1911–
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BSicon .svgBSicon STR.svgBSicon exKDSTe.svg
Asahikawa-Ōmachi ( 旭川 大 町 ) 1950-1978
   
Ishikari-gawa
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423.1 Asahikawa ( 旭川 ) 1898–
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Furano line 1900–
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Higashigawa Line 1927-1973
Route - straight ahead
Sōya main line 1898–

The Hakodate Main Line ( Japanese 函館 本 線 , Hakodate-honsen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō , which is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It runs from Hakodate via Sapporo to Asahikawa . The route is 423.1 km long; The 35.3 km Sawara branch is also considered to be part of the Hakodate main line. The oldest part of the Hakodate Main Line opened in 1880, making it the island's oldest railroad; It has been continuously passable since 1904. Three different railway companies were involved in the construction.

description

As usual in Japan, the Hakodate main line is laid in Kapspur (1067 mm). It opens up 96 stations for passenger traffic , plus two freight stations in Hakodate and Sapporo (another freight station in Asahikawa is on the adjoining Sōya main line ). The route is 423.1 km long. The 35.3 km long Sawara branch line from Ōnuma to Mori , which runs around the Hokkaidō-Komagadake volcano to the east, is also considered part of the Hakodate main line .

Although the Hakodate main line connects the three largest cities in Hokkaidō prefecture and thus forms the backbone of rail traffic on the island, almost half of the route is only single-track. The following sections have been expanded to two tracks:

  • Hakodate - Nanae
  • Mori - Washinosu
  • Yamasaki - Kuroiwa
  • Kita-Toyotsu - Oshamanbe
  • Otaru - Sapporo - Asahikawa

Two sections are electrified with 20 kV 50 Hz AC voltage :

  • Hakodate - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (17.9 km)
  • Otaru-Sapporo-Asahikawa (170.6 km)

Trains

The diesel-powered express trains Super Hokuto ( ス ー パ ー 北斗 ) and Hokuto ( züge ) run between Hakodate and Sapporo every one to two hours . But you only travel the southern part of the Hakodate main line to Oshamambe . From there they reach their destination via the Muroran Main Line and the Chitose Line . In this way you avoid the older and steeper route via Kutchan ; almost all of JR Freight's freight trains also run via Muroran . From Hakodate, the electric express trains Hakodate Liner ( は こ だ て イ ナ ー ) also run to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto , where they connect to the Hokkaidō Shinkansen . All sleeper trains to Sapporo have been discontinued: Hokutosei and Twilight Express in 2015, Cassiopeia and Hamanasu in 2016.

The Super Kamui ( ス ー ス ー カ ー イ ) electric express train, which runs every 30 or 60 minutes, provides the fastest connection between Sapporo and Asahikawa : the journey time for the 136.8 km route is 1 hour 25 minutes. The offer on this section is supplemented by the diesel-powered express trains Super Sōya ( ス ー パ ー 宗 谷 ) and Sarobetsu ( サ ロ ベ ツ ) from Sapporo to Wakkanai and Okhotsk ( オ ホ ー ツ ク ) from Sapporo to Abashiri . The electric Airport Liner runs every half hour from Otaru via Sapporo to the Neu-Chitose airport station , and the diesel- powered Niseko Liner (one pair of trains a day) from Kutchan to Sapporo .

Local traffic in the agglomeration of Sapporo has the highest frequency on Hokkaidō. A local train runs every 10 to 20 minutes on average from Sapporo to Otaru, and every 15 to 30 minutes on average from Sapporo to Iwamizawa . There are also regular Ishikari Liner express trains ( い し か り ラ イ ナ von) from Otaru via Sapporo to Iwamizawa. Outside this area, the offer is significantly lower: regional trains run on the Hakodate – Mori routes (via Ōnumakōen or Shikabe), Mori – Oshamambe, Oshamambe – Otaru and Iwamizawa – Asahikawa.

In addition to its scenic beauty, the Hakodate main line became known in the 1960s as the last line of operation for the express steam locomotives of the JNR class C62 . The machines there pulled the Niseko Express ( ニ セ コ 急 行 ) from Otaru to Hakodate. Because of the demanding incline sections from 1:40 (2.5%) to Oshamambe, the heavy trains had to be driven in the lead in front of the heavy trains , often through heavy snowdrifts in winter. The line and the C62 achieved a similar status among Japanese railway enthusiasts in those years, as it was at the same time the inclined plane and the 01 series in Germany. On September 15, 1971, the last run of the Niseko Express, and thus a steam-driven express train, took place on the Japanese State Railways .

history

The state railway company Horonai Tetsudō opened on November 28, 1880 the section between Sapporo and Minami-Otaru , together with the subsequent Temiya line to the port of Otaru . It was the first railway line on Hokkaidō . A year and a half later, on June 25, 1882, it was extended from Sapporo to Ebetsu . Finally, on November 13, 1882, it reached the important coal field around Iwamizawa . The Japanese state sold the Horonai Tetsudō on December 11, 1889 to the mining and railway company Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō .

The new owner extended the route on July 5, 1891 from Iwamizawa to the Sorachi Bridge south of Takikawa . No private investors were found for further construction in the center of the island, which is why the Japanese Reichstag passed the "Hokkaidō Railway Construction Act" in May 1896. The then founded state company Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō built the section between the Sorachi Bridge and Asahikawa and put it into operation on July 16, 1898.

In May 1900, another private company, the Hokkaidō Tetsudō, was founded . It opened on December 10, 1902, two unconnected sections, on the one hand between Hakodate and Hongō (today Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto ), on the other hand between Shikaribetsu and Ranshima. The southern of the two sections was extended on June 28, 1903 from Hongō to Mori , the northern on the same day from Shikaribetsu to Yamanichi and from Ranshima to Otaru . Four months later, on November 3, 1903, the section from Mori via Oshamambe to Neppu was added. On July 18, 1904, the Yamanichi – Kozawa section was added, and the Kozawa – Neppu section on October 15. With the last gap closure on August 1, 1905 between Otaru and Minami-Otaru, the Hakodate main line was completed.

The Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō was placed on April 1, 1905 under the direct control of the Railway Office of the Cabinet (later the Ministry of Railways ). As a result of the nationalization law passed by the Reichstag, it took over the Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō on October 1, 1906 and the Hokkaidō Tetsudō on July 1, 1907, with the result that the entire route was now state-owned.

The Ministry of Railways built a 35.3 km alternative route between Mori and Ōnuma during the Pacific War . This so-called Sawara branch line went into operation on January 25, 1945. The stretch of the private railway Oshima Kaigan Tetsudō from Mori to Oshima-Sawara (length 9.4 km), which ran largely parallel to it and was built in 1927/28, was taken over by the state and closed on the same day. The Ministry of Railways built two-track sections of the Hakodate main line: Otaru – Sapporo – Iwamizawa (1909 to 1911), Iwamizawa – Sunagawa (1923 to 1926) and Hakodate – Kikyō (1941 to 1944).

The Japanese State Railways , responsible from 1949, opened the Asahikawa-Ōmachi freight yard in 1950, but it was only in operation until 1978. It also continued the double-track expansion, with the sections Sunagawa – Takikawa (1950 to 1956), Kikyō – Nanae (1962) and Takikawa – Osamunai (1964 to 1966). On October 1, 1966, she took the Fujishiro branch line between Nanae and Ōnuma into operation; it is used by trains traveling northwards, which can bypass a 2% steep incline. In several stages, from 1965 to 1979, most of the line between Mori and Oshamambe was double-tracked. On August 28, 1968 , the state railway electrified the Otaru – Sapporo – Takikawa section. The Takikawa – Asahikawa section, which was electrified on October 1, 1969, was given a more direct route east of Osamunai on the same day: instead of single-track through the narrow Ishikari Valley, the trains now ran double-track through two tunnels.

Almost a year after the privatization of the state railway, the section Hakodate - Goryōkaku was electrified on March 13, 1988 , in connection with the commissioning of the Seikan tunnel . In 2008, JR Hokkaido for the use of urban section Otaru Sapporo Iwamizawa contactless smart card Kitaca one. In preparation for the opening of the Hokkaidō-Shinkansen high-speed line , the section from Goryōkaku to the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto transfer station was also electrified on March 21, 2013.

List of train stations

Surname km Connecting lines location place
Main line
H75 Hakodate ( 函館 ) 000.0 Hakodate tram Coord. Hakodate
H74 Goryōkaku ( 五 稜 郭 ) 003.4 Esashi line Coord.
H73 Kikyō ( 桔梗 ) 008.3 Coord.
H72 Ōnakayama ( 大 中山 ) 010.4 Coord. Nanae
H71 Nanae ( 七 飯 ) 013.8 Coord.
H70 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto ( 新 函館 北斗 ) 017.9 Hokkaidō Shinkansen Coord. Hokuto
H69 Niyama ( 仁 山 ) 021.2 Coord. Nanae
H68 Ōnuma ( 大沼 ) 027.0 Sawara branch line Coord.
H67 Ōnumakōen ( 大沼 公園 ) 028.0 Coord.
H66 Akaigawa ( 赤 井 川 ) 031.7 Coord. Mori
H65 Komagatake ( 駒 ヶ 岳 ) 036.5 Coord.
H62 Mori ( ) 049.5 Sawara branch line Coord.
H61 Katsuragawa ( 桂 川 ) 052.2 Coord.
H60 Ishiya ( 石谷 ) 056.1 Coord.
H59 Hon-Ishikura ( 本 石 倉 ) 060.0 Coord.
H58 Ishikura ( 石 倉 ) 062.1 Coord.
H57 Otoshibe ( 落 部 ) 066.1 Coord. Yakumo
H56 Nodaoi ( 野 田 生 ) 071.4 Coord.
H55 Yamakoshi ( 山 越 ) 076.6 Coord.
H54 Yakumo ( 八 雲 ) 081.1 Coord.
H53 Washinosu ( 鷲 ノ 巣 ) 084.2 Coord.
H52 Yamasaki ( 山崎 ) 088.3 Coord.
H51 Kuroiwa ( 黒 岩 ) 094.4 Coord.
H50 Kita-Toyotsu ( 北 豊 津 ) 098.2 Coord. Oshamambe
H49 Kunnui ( 国 縫 ) 102.8 Coord.
H48 Nakanosawa ( 中 ノ 沢 ) 107.7 Coord.
H47 Oshamambe ( 長 万 部 ) 112.3 Muroran main line Coord.
S32 Futamata ( 二 股 ) 120.9 Coord.
S31 Warabitai ( 蕨 岱 ) 126.9 Coord.
S30 Kuromatsunai ( 黒 松 内 ) 132.3 Coord. Kuromatsunai
S29 Neppu ( 熱 郛 ) 140.4 Coord.
S28 Mena ( 目 名 ) 155.8 Coord. Rankoshi
S27 Rankoshi ( 蘭 越 ) 163.4 Coord.
S26 Konbu ( 昆布 ) 170.3 Coord.
S25 Niseko ( 蕨 岱 ) 179.6 Coord. Niseko
S24 Hirafu ( 蕨 岱 ) 186.6 Coord. Kutchan
S23 Kutchan ( 倶 知 安 ) 193.3 Coord.
S22 Kozawa ( 小 沢 ) 203.6 Coord. Kyōwa
S21 Ginzan ( 銀山 ) 213.4 Coord. Niki
S20 Shikaribetsu ( 然 別 ) 224.1 Coord.
S19 Niki ( 仁 木 ) 228.2 Coord.
S18 Yoichi ( 余 市 ) 232.6 Coord. Yoichi
S17 Ranshima ( 蘭 島 ) 237.9 Coord. Otaru
S16 Shioya ( 塩 谷 ) 244.8 Coord.
S15 Otaru ( 小樽 ) 252.5 Coord.
S14 Minami-Otaru ( 南 小樽 ) 254.1 Coord.
S13 Otaru-Chikkō ( 小樽 築 港 ) 256.2 Coord.
S12 Asari ( 朝 里 ) 259.3 Coord.
S11 Zenibako ( 銭 函 ) 268.1 Coord.
S10 Hoshimi ( ほ し み ) 271.0 Coord. Teine-ku , Sapporo
S09 Hoshioki ( 星 置 ) 272.6 Coord.
S08 Inaho ( 稲 穂 ) 273.7 Coord.
S07 Teine ( 手 稲 ) 275.7 Coord.
S06 Inazumikōen ( 稲 積 公園 ) 277.0 Coord.
S05 Hassamu ( 発 寒 ) 279.2 Coord. Nishi-ku , Sapporo
S04 Hassamuchūō ( 発 寒 中央 ) 281.0 Coord.
S03 Kotoni ( 琴 似 ) 282.5 Coord.
S02 Sōen ( 桑園 ) 284.7 Sassho line Coord. Chūō-ku , Sapporo
01 Sapporo ( 札幌 ) 286.3 Sasshō Line
Chitose Line
Sapporo Subway
Coord.
H02 Naebo ( 苗 穂 ) 288.5 Coord.
H03 Shiroishi ( 白石 ) 292.1 Chitose line Coord. Shiroishi-ku , Sapporo
A04 Atsubetsu ( 厚 別 ) 296.5 Coord. Atsubetsu-ku , Sapporo
A05 Shinrinkōen ( 森林 公園 ) 298.5 Coord.
A06 Ōasa ( 大麻 ) 300.8 Coord. Ebetsu
A07 Nopporo ( 野 幌 ) 304.2 Coord.
A08 Takasago ( 高 砂 ) 305.5 Coord.
A09 Ebetsu ( 江 別 ) 307.3 Coord.
A10 Toyohoro ( 豊 幌 ) 313.5 Coord.
A11 Horomui ( 幌 向 ) 316.7 Coord. Iwamizawa
A12 Kami-Horomui ( 上 幌 向 ) 322.6 Coord.
A13 Iwamizawa ( 岩 見 沢 ) 326.9 Muroran main line Coord.
A14 Minenobu ( 峰 延 ) 335.3 Coord. Bibai
A15 Kōshunai ( 光 珠 内 ) 339.8 Coord.
A16 Bibai ( 美 唄 ) 343.7 Coord.
A17 Chashinai ( 茶 志 内 ) 348.1 Coord.
A18 Naie ( 奈 井 江 ) 354.3 Coord. Naie
A19 Toyonuma ( 豊 沼 ) 359.0 Coord. Sunagawa
A20 Sunagawa ( 砂 川 ) 362.2 Coord.
A21 Takikawa ( 滝 川 ) 369.8 Nemuro main line Coord. Takikawa
A22 Ebeotsu ( 江 部 乙 ) 378.2 Coord.
A23 Moseushi ( 妹 背 牛 ) 385.7 Coord. Moseushi
A24 Fukagawa ( 深 川 ) 392.9 Rumoi main line Coord. Fukagawa
A25 Osamunai ( 納 内 ) 400.3 Coord.
A26 Inō ( 伊納 ) 413.0 Coord. Asahikawa
A27 Chikabumi ( 近 文 ) 419.1 Coord.
A28 Asahikawa ( 旭川 ) 423.1 Furano Line
Sekihoku Main Line
Sōya Main Line
Coord.
Sawara branch line
H68 Ōnuma ( 大沼 ) 000.0 Nanae
N71 Ikedaen ( 池 田園 ) 003.4 Coord.
N70 Nagareyama Onsen ( 流 山 温泉 ) 005.6 Coord.
N69 Chōshiguchi ( 銚 子口 ) 006.8 Coord.
N68 Shikabe ( 鹿 部 ) 014.6 Coord. Shikabe
N67 Oshima Numajiri ( 渡 島 沼 尻 ) 020.0 Coord. Mori
N66 Oshima-sawara ( 渡 島 砂 原 ) 025.3 Coord.
N65 Kakarima ( 掛 澗 ) 029.0 Coord.
N64 Oshironai ( 尾 白 内 ) 031.9 Coord.
N63 Higashi-Mori ( 東 森 ) 033.5 Coord.
H62 Mori ( ) 035.3

Culture

A song of the same name by the Japanese enka singer Eiji Miyoshi is dedicated to the main Hakodate line .

Web links

Commons : Hakodate main line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. Naotaka Hirota: Steam Locomotives of Japan . (1972) Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo 1972, ISBN 0-87011-185-X .
  3. SLNET Time Traveler (Japanese Steam Locomotives) The Niseko Express. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 2, 2018 ; accessed on August 1, 2018 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slnet.gr.jp
  4. a b c Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shinbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 36-37 .
  5. Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 192–193.
  6. Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, p. 311.
  7. a b Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 38–39.
  8. a b c Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 34–35.
  9. Kitaca サ ー ビ ス 開始 日 決定 に つ い て. (PDF, 108 kB) JR Hokkaido, September 10, 2008, archived from the original on September 13, 2008 ; accessed on June 26, 2016 (English).