Otaru Station

Otaru Station
小樽駅

Station frontage, August 2012
Location Otaru, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Hakodate Main Line
Other information
Station code S15
History
Opened 1903
Previous names Otaru Chūō; Takashima Station
Chūō Otaru (until 1920)
Entrance hall
Platform

Otaru Station (小樽駅 Otaru-eki) is a railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Otaru Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2, 4  Hakodate Main Line for Sapporo and Oshamambe
5  Hakodate Main Line for Sapporo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hakodate Main Line
Shioya Local Minami-Otaru

History

Otaru Station opened on 28 June 1903.[1] The station name was originally Otaru Chūō Station (小樽中央駅 Otaru Chūō eki). The name was changed on 15 October 1904 to Takashima Station (高島駅 Takashima eki), on 15 December 1905 to Chūō Otaru Station (中央小樽駅 Chūō Otaru eki) and on 15 July 1920 to the present one. From 11 June 1900 to 14 July 1920, present-day Minami-Otaru Station was called Otaru Station.[2]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 184. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 813. ISBN 4533029809.

External links

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Coordinates: 43°11′52″N 140°59′38″E / 43.19778°N 140.99389°E / 43.19778; 140.99389

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