Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station あいの里教育大駅
The south entrance in October 2012
Location	5-1, Ainosato-1-jō, Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 002-8071 Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Sasshō Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	G10
Website	www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/barrier/042/ainosato-map.html
History
Opened	1 November 1986
Electrified	1 June 2012
Location
Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station Location within Japan

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station (あいの里教育大駅 Ainosato-Kyōikudai-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 G10.

Lines

Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station is served by the Sasshō Line from Sapporo to Shin-Totsukawa.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Sasshō Line	for Sōen and Sapporo
2	■ Sasshō Line	for Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku and Shin-Totsukawa

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  View of the platforms in December 2004

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sasshō Line
Takuhoku		Local	Ainosato-kōen

History

The station opened on 1 November 1986.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[2]

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

Surrounding area

• Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo Campus

References

1. 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.
2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 832. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• Station information and map (Japanese)

Coordinates: 43°09′19″N 141°23′55″E / 43.1553°N 141.3985°E