Shin-Kotoni Station Explained

Shin-Kotoni Station
Native Name:	新琴似駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Style:	JR Hokkaido
Address:	Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Country:	Japan
Distance:	from
Connections:	Asabu Subway Station
Status:	Staffed
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	G05
Passengers:	3,738 daily
Pass Year:	FY2014

is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G05.^[1]

While situated relatively close to Asabu Station on the Namboku Line of the Sapporo Municipal Subway, there are no transfer passageways between these two stations.

Lines

Shin-Kotoni Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from to .

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

History

The station opened on 20 November 1934.^[4]

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

External links

• Station information and map

Notes and References

1. Web site: JR Hokkaido Route Map. 25 November 2016. Hokkaido Railway Company. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161207145544/http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/ttable/route_map.pdf. 7 December 2016. dmy-all.
2. Nomura. Yukihiro. 札沼線電化事業の概要. Outline of Sasshō Line Electrification Project. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . 41. 340. 4–9. Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . August 2012.
3. Web site: Service Range Kitaca. 25 November 2016. JR Hokkaido. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119183456/http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/kitaca/p02.html. 19 November 2016. dmy-all.
4. Web site: http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/barrier/038/shinkawa.html. ja:新川駅バリアフリー情報. Shinkawa Station accessibility information. 2007. Hokkaido Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 20 July 2012.