Sōen Station

Sōen Station 桑園駅
Sōen Station, April 2009
Location	Nishi 15-chōme, Kita-11-jō, Chūō, Sapporo, Hokkaido （札幌市中央区北十一条西15丁目） Japan
Coordinates	Coordinates: 43°04′15″N 141°19′55″E / 43.07077597°N 141.3318292°E
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Hakodate Main Line Sasshō Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	S02
History
Opened	1924
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	8,830 daily

Sōen Station (桑園駅 Sōen-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S02.

Lines

Sōen Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and also the Sasshō Line (Gakuentoshi Line) from Sapporo.

Station layout

The elevated station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Teine, Otaru
2	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Sapporo, Iwamizawa and New Chitose Airport
3	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
4	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Sapporo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hakodate Main Line
Kotoni		Local	Sapporo
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sectional Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sasshō Line
Hachiken		Local	Sapporo

History

The station opened on 1 June 1924.^[1]

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

Surrounding area

• JR Hokkaido Head Office
• JR Freight Hokkaido branch
• Sapporo Racecourse
• Sapporo City University

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 桑園駅バリアフリー情報 [Sōen Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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.

External links

• Station information and map (Japanese)