S23
Kutchan Station

倶知安駅
Kutchan Station in 2017
General information
LocationKita 3 Jōnishi, Kutchan-chō, Abuta-gun, Hokkaidō 044-0033
Japan
Coordinates42°54′06″N 140°44′44″E / 42.901637°N 140.745528°E / 42.901637; 140.745528
Operated byThe logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido
Line(s)     Hakodate Main Line
The logo of the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Hokkaido Shinkansen (Opens in 2031)
Distance193.3 km (120.1 mi) from Hakodate
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station codeS23
WebsiteStaffed - JR Hokkaido ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)[1]
History
Opened15 October 1904 (1904-10-15)
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Under Construction
Oshamambe
towards Shin-Aomori
 Hokkaido Shinkansen
Opens in 2031
 Shin-Otaru
towards Sapporo
Local
Hirafu
S24
towards Hakodate
 Hakodate Main Line Kozawa
S22
towards Asahikawa
Rapid
Hirafu
S24
One-way operation
 Niseko Liner Kozawa
S22
towards Sapporo
Location
Kutchan Station is located in Hokkaido
Kutchan Station
Kutchan Station
Location within Hokkaido
Kutchan Station is located in Japan
Kutchan Station
Kutchan Station
Kutchan Station (Japan)

Kutchan Station (倶知安駅, Kutchan-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Kutchan, Hokkaido, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido and has the station number "S23". The station is also planned to become a station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen between Oshamambe and Shin-Otaru that is scheduled to open in 2031.

Lines

The station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is located 193.3 km from the start of the line at Hakodate.[2] Both local and the Rapid Niseko Liner services stop at the station.[3] When the Hokkaido Shinkansen opens in the spring of 2031, the Hakodate Main Line will be truncated and the section of track between Oshamabe Station and Otaru Station will be abolished. This will leave Kutchan Station with no conventional line and only the Shinkansen will serve it.

Station layout

Platforms

2 ■Hakodate Main Line for Oshamambe and Hakodate
3 ■Hakodate Main Line for Otaru and Sapporo

History

The station was opened on 15 October 1904 by the private Hokkaido Railway as an intermediate station during a phase of expansion when its track from Hakodate to Neppu was extended to link up with stretches of track further north to provide through traffic from Hakodate to Otaru. After the Hokkaido Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, control of the station passed to JR Hokkaido.[2][4]

The Iburi Line served Kutchan from Datemombetsu Station on the Muroran Line, but the line was abolished in 1986. A curve, where the track has now been lifted from, can still clearly be seen north of Kutchan Station from satellite imagery.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR北海道のおもな駅" [JR Hokkaido Main Stations]. JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. 1 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 811. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ↑ "Hakodate Main Line - Kutchan - Niseko - Rankoshi Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 240. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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