Shin-Sapporo Station

Shin-Sapporo Station (新札幌駅, Shin-Sapporo-eki) is a railway station in Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and the Sapporo Municipal Subway. The JR Hokkaido station number is "H05",^[1] while the Sapporo Municipal Subway station number is "T19". The name of the Sapporo Municipal Subway station is written "新さっぽろ駅", to differentiate it from the JR Hokkaido station.

Shin Sapporo Station 新札幌駅 新さっぽろ駅
Station building
General information
Location	Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
System	JR Hokkaido station Sapporo Municipal Subway station
Operated by	JR Hokkaido Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
Lines	Chitose Line Tōzai Line
Distance	51.5 km (32.0 mi) from Numanohata (JR) 20.1 km (12.5 mi) from Miyanosawa (Subway)
Platforms	2 side platforms (JR) 1 island platform (Subway)
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	H05 (JR Hokkaido) T19 (Subway)
History
Opened	September 9, 1973 (1973-09-09) (JR) March 21, 1982 (1982-03-21) (Subway)
Passengers
FY2015 (JR) FY2014 (Subway)	14,120 daily (JR) 19,922 daily (Subway)
Services
Preceding station Sapporo Municipal Subway Following station Hibarigaoka towards Miyanosawa Tōzai Line Terminus
Location Shin Sapporo Station Location within Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido Shin Sapporo Station Shin Sapporo Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The station is the central station of Sapporo's Atsubetsu Ward ^[2] serving the Shin-Sapporo subcenter of Sapporo. All passenger trains, including limited express and Airport Rapid services, stop at the station.

Lines and trains

The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains terminate or pass through Shin-Sapporo station:

• Local services (Otaru/Hoshimi/Teine/Sapporo - Chitose/Tomakomai)
• Semi-Rapid Airport, Rapid Airport and Special Rapid Airport services (Otaru/Sapporo - New Chitose Airport)
• Hokuto limited express (Sapporo - Hakodate)
• Ōzora limited express (Sapporo - Kushiro)
• Tokachi limited express (Sapporo - Obihiro)
• Suzuran limited express (Sapporo - Higashi-Muroran/Muroran)

Station layout

JR Hokkaido

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,^[3] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Chitose Line	for New Chitose Airport, Tomakomai, Higashi-Muroran, Hakodate and Obihiro
2	■ Chitose Line	for Sapporo, Teine and Otaru

Tōzai Line

The Sapporo Municipal Subway station consists of one island platform between two tracks on the second basement level, located east of the JR Hokkaido station.

Platforms

1	■ Tōzai Line	for Miyanosawa
2	■ Tōzai Line	for Miyanosawa

Adjacent stations

JR Hokkaido

Preceding station	JR Hokkaido			Following station
Kami-Nopporo towards Numanohata or New Chitose Airport		Chitose Line Local		Heiwa towards Sapporo
Kitahiroshima towards New Chitose Airport		Semi-Rapid Airport		Sapporo Terminus
		Rapid Airport		Shiroishi towards Otaru
Minami-Chitose towards New Chitose Airport		Special Rapid Airport		Sapporo towards Otaru
Limited Express services
Minami-Chitose towards Hakodate		Hokuto		Sapporo Terminus
Sapporo Terminus		Ōzora		Minami-Chitose towards Kushiro
		Tokachi		Minami-Chitose towards Obihiro
Chitose towards Higashi-Muroran		Suzuran		Sapporo Terminus

History

The JR Hokkaido station (formerly JNR) opened on 9 September 1973. The subway station opened on 21 March 1982.^[4]

Surrounding area

• National Route 12
• Sapporo Atsubetsu Ward Office
• Atsubetsu Ward Gymnasium
• Atsubetsu Shin-Sapporo Police Station
• Atsubetsu Postal Office
• Bus Station Shin-Sapporo
• Sapporo Science Center
• Sunpiazza Shopping Center
• Sunpiazza Aquarium
• Hotel Emisia Sapporo
• Docon

Gallery

• 
  Ticket gates (September 2021)
• 
  Subway ticket gates
• 
  Station signboard
• 
  Platforms 1 and 2 of the Chitose Line platforms

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan