Shin-Kotoni Station

Shin-Kotoni Station (新琴似駅, Shin-Kotoni-eki) 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]

Shin-Kotoni Station

新琴似駅
LocationKita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s)■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)
Distance5.6 km from Sōen
Connections Subway Asabu Station
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeG05
History
Opened20 November 1934 (1934-11-20)
Passengers
FY20143,738 daily

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 Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.

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

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sasshō Line
Shinkawa (G04) Local Taihei (G06)

History

The station opened on 20 November 1934.[4]

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

References
  1. "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. 新川駅バリアフリー情報 [Shinkawa Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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