Sapporo Station

Sapporo Station (札幌駅, Sapporo-eki) is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station. Sapporo Station is the starting point and terminus for most limited express services operated by JR Hokkaido. It also has the tallest building (JR Tower) in Hokkaido. Sapporo station is developing into a commercial center as large as Ōdōri Park and Susukino. Lines and trains The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains pass through or terminate at Sapporo Station: ■■ Hakodate Main Line Okhotsk limited express (Sapporo – Abashiri) Sōya limited express (Sapporo – Wakkanai) Kamui limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa) Lilac limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa) Niseko Liner rapid (Rankoshi, Kutchan – Sapporo) Chitose Line Hokuto limited express (Hakodate – Sapporo) Ōzora limited express (Sapporo – Kushiro) Tokachi limited express (Sapporo – Obihiro) Suzuran limited express (Muroran – Sapporo) Airport semi-rapid (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo) Airport rapid (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo – Otaru) Airport special rapid (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo – Otaru) Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) Layout Sapporo Station consists of five platforms that are raised above street level. These raised platforms serve 10 tracks which run in an east–west direction. Two concourses run north–south below the platforms. It has a commercial facility called Paseo under the ground and JR Tower on the south side of the station. The station is also planned to become a new high-rise building and a terminal station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen that is scheduled to open in 2038. On 16 October, 2022, due to construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen extension to Sapporo, Platform 11 opened for passengers while Platform 1 was discontinued. The new platform can accommodate trains up to six cars long. Platforms History Sapporo Station opened on 28 November 1880 as a terminus of the Horonai Railway. A new station building was built in 1881 and it was enlarged as Sapporo developed. In 1908, the station building was rebuilt because of a fire in 1907. The restored building can be found in the Historical Village of Hokkaido in Nopporo Forest Park. The third reconstruction was finished in 1951 and the Sapporo Subway was opened in 1971. An underground shopping center was started in 1972, and a commercial building was opened on the east side of the station in 1978. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido. The current building was built in 2003. Overnight sleeping car trains Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, and Hamanasu served the station prior to their discontinuation. Surrounding area Subway Sapporo Station Sapporo station Bus Terminal National Route 5 (to Hakodate) Hokkaido Development Bureau building Hokkaido University Hokkaido Police Headquarters Sapporo Central Post Office Sapporo 1 building, (Sapporo Government Office building) Sapporo agricultural cooperative association (JA Sapporo), Chuo branch Sapporo JR Tower Sapporo Stellar Place, shopping mall Daimaru store, Sapporo branch Sapporo Cinema Frontier Sapporo Esta, shopping center Tokyu Department Store, Sapporo branch Asty 45, building PASEO, shopping center APIA, shopping center Hotel New Otani Sapporo Sapporo station bus terminal Highway buses Iwamizawa; For Iwamizawa Station Mikasa; For Iwamizawa Station and Mikasa Bibai; For Bibai Station Furano; For Iwamizawa, Sunagawa, Higashi-Takikawa Station, Akabira Station, Ashibetsu Station, and Furano Station Kuriyama; For Kurisawa Station and Kuriyama Station Yubari; For Kuriyama Station, Shikanotani Station, and Yūbari Station Takikawa; For Takikawa Station Shintotsukawa; For Takikawa and Shintotsukawa Rumoi; For Takikawa, Fukagawa, and Rumoi Station Asahikawa; For Asahikawa Station Engaru; For Shirataki and Engaru Station Nayoro; For Wassamu Station, Kenbuchi, Shibetsu, Fūren Station, and Nayoro Station Ryuhyo Monbetsu; For Takinoue and Monbetsu Haboro; For Mashike Station, Rumoi Station, Obira, Tomamae, Haboro, Shosanbetsu, Enbetsu, Teshio, and Toyotomi Station Muroran/Muroran Soccer/Hakucho; For Noboribetsu Station, Higashi-Muroran Station, and Muroran Station Tomakomai/Haskap; For Tomakomai Station and Tomakoma Ferry Terminal Hakodate; For Yakumo, Mori, Nanai Station, Goryōkaku Station, Hakodate Station, and Yunokawa Onsen Pegasus; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Kiyohata Station, Shizunai Station, Hidaka-mitsuishi Station, and Urakawa Station Hidaka; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Biratori, and Hidaka Date Liner; For Datemombetsu Station Otaru; For Otaru-Chikkō Station, Otaru Station Yoichi; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi Station, Umekawa, and Toyohama Shakotan; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi, Furubira, and Shakotan Iwanai; For Rashima, Yoichi, Kyōwa, and Iwanai Niseko; For Otaru Station, Yoichi, Niki, Kyowa, Kutchan, and Niseko Hiroo Santa; For Urakawa and Hiroo Erimo; For Hidaka-horobetsu Station, Samani Station, and Erimo Starlight Kushiro; For Shiranuka Station, Otanoshike Station, and Kushiro Station See also Sapporo Station (Sapporo Municipal Subway) List of railway stations in Japan References External links JR Sapporo Station Map Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine