Ainosato-kōen Station

Railway station in Sapporo, Japan

43°09′41″N 141°24′49″E / 43.1613°N 141.4135°E / 43.1613; 141.4135Operated by

JR HokkaidoLine(s) Sasshō LineDistance15.1 km (9.4 mi) from SōenPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusUnstaffedStation codeG11HistoryOpened1 July 1958; 66 years ago (1958-07-01)PassengersFY20141,718 daily Services

Preceding station	JR Hokkaido			Following station
Ainosato-Kyōikudai towards Sapporo		Sasshō Line		ROYCE' Town towards Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku

Location
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Ainosato-kōen Station (あいの里公園駅, Ainosato-kōen-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 G11.^[1]

Lines

Ainosato-kōen Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the otherwise single-track section of the line east of Ainosato-Kyōikudai Station.^[2] The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.^[3] The station is unattended.

History

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ainosato-Kōen Station.

^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-26.