Hachiken Station

Railway station in Sapporo, Japan

Hachiken Station

八軒駅

General information

Location

Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan

Operated by

JR Hokkaido

Line(s)

Sasshō Line

Distance

2.2 km (1.4 mi) from Sōen

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Other information

Status

Staffed

Station code

G03

History

Opened

3 November 1988; 35 years ago (1988-11-03)

Passengers

FY2014

2,335 daily

Services

Preceding station	JR Hokkaido			Following station
Sōen towards Sapporo		Sasshō Line		Shinkawa towards Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku

Hachiken Station (八軒駅, Hachiken-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G03.^[1]

Lines

Hachiken Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.

Station layout

The elevated 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 Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
2	■ Sasshō Line	for Sōen and Sapporo

History

The station opened on 3 November 1988.^[4]

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

References

^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ 八軒駅バリアフリー情報 [Hachiken Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.