Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station

Coordinates: 41°54′19″N 140°38′47″E / 41.9053°N 140.6465°E / 41.9053; 140.6465
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Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station

新しん函館はこだて北斗ほくと駅えき
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in September 2022
General information
Location1-1-1 Ichido, Hokuto City
Hokkaido Prefecture
Japan
Operated byThe logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido
Line(s)
Platforms
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
Station codeH70
History
Opened10 December 1902; 121 years ago (10 December 1902)
Previous namesHongō (until 1942)
Oshima-Ōno (1942-2016)
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Kikonai
towards Shin-Aomori
 Hokkaido Shinkansen Terminus
Hokkaido Shinkansen
Goryōkaku
towards Hakodate
 Hokuto Ōnuma-Kōen
towards Sapporo
Goryokaku
towards Hakodate
 Hakodate Main Line
Rapid Hakodate Liner
 Terminus
Nanae
towards Hakodate
 Hakodate Main Line
Local
 Niyama
towards Asahikawa
Under Construction (2031)
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Kikonai
towards Shin-Aomori
 Hokkaido Shinkansen
Opens in 2031
 Shin-Yakumo
towards Sapporo
Location
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station is located in Hokkaido
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
Location within Hokkaido
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station is located in Japan
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station (Japan)

Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station (新しん函館はこだて北斗ほくと駅えき, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station – rebuilt and very extensively enlarged to serve from March 2016 as the northern terminal of the new Hokkaido Shinkansen – occupies the site of the former Oshima-Ōno Station (渡島おしま大野おおの駅えき), and is currently the northernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway station in Japan.

Lines[edit]

The station, which is numbered H70, is served by trains operating on the Hakodate Main Line and the Hokkaido Shinkansen, opened in 2016.

Station Layout[edit]

Shin Hakodate Hokuto station has a total of 2 platforms serving 4 tracks on the ground level for the Hakodate Main line, and 2 side platforms on the upper level for the Hokkaido Shinkansen.

Platform No Line Name Direction Notes
Conventional Line - Ground Level Platforms
1 ■ Hakodate Main Line for Hakodate Used by the Rapid Hakodate Liner service
2 Used by Limited Express services
for Mori・Oshamambe・Higashi Muroran・Tomakomai・Sapporo Used by Limited Express and Local services
3 Used by Limited Express services
for Hakodate Used by Local services
4 Platform not normally used
Hokkaido Shinkansen Platforms Upper Level
11 ■ Hokkaido Shinkansen for Shin Aomori・Morioka・Sendai・Tokyo
12 (Used for alighting only)

History[edit]

Old station building in 2008
Temporary station building

The station opened on 10 December 1902, named Hongō Station (本郷ほんごう駅えき).[1] It was renamed Oshima-Ono on 1 April 1942.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station under construction, July 2014

The station has been rebuilt and renamed Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station (新しん函館はこだて北斗ほくと駅えき), becoming a stop on the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed line, which opened on 26 March 2016.[2][3] "Relay" shuttle services using three-car 733 series electric trains operate to and from the centrally-located Hakodate Station (approximately 18 km away).[4]

The rebuilt station features large windows and white support pillars modeled after poplar trees near the local Trappist monastery. Ticket vending machines are located on the second floor of the structure. The inside uses a large number of locally sourced cedar lumber and Hokkaido bricks.[5]

Since the construction of the new station, the immediate surrounding areas have been redeveloped significantly with new roads, homes and businesses.

The Hokkaido Shinkansen, connecting Honshu, Japan's main island, to the northern island of Hokkaido commenced service on 26 March 2016. Due to the line's extension to Sapporo (under construction), the Oshima-Ōno Station at Hokuto, Hokkaido, has been upgraded into the "New Hakodate-Hokuto Station," and received a bronze Fist of the North Star statue.[6]

Future[edit]

The extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Sapporo is scheduled to commence operation in 2031.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  1. ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい辞典じてん 国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 駅名えきめいは「新しん函館はこだて北斗ほくと」 道みち新幹線しんかんせん 道どうがJRに近ちかく提案ていあん [Hokkaido to propose name "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto" to JR]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ 北海道ほっかいどう新幹線しんかんせん「新しん函館はこだて北斗ほくと」決定けってい JR、新しん駅名えきめい発表はっぴょう [JR announces new Hokkaido station name: "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto"]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ^ JR、地元じもと・函館はこだての要望ようぼうに消極しょうきょく的てき リレー列車れっしゃ3両りょう／観光かんこう型がた車両しゃりょうは導入どうにゅうせず [JR to run 3-car relay trains, unresponsive to local wishes, with no plans for tourist trains]. Doshin Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. ^ Special Preview: Hokkaido Shinkansen - Hopes and Challenges. NHK. 25 February 2016. Event occurs at 12:40. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Fist of the North Star Statue to Welcome Hokkaido Bullet Train".

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