Hakodate Station

Railway station in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Preceding station		Following station
Terminus	Hokuto	Goryōkaku towards Sapporo
	Hakodate Main Line Rapid Hakodate Liner	Goryōkaku towards Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
	Hakodate Main Line Local	Goryōkaku towards Asahikawa

Location
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Hakodate Station (函館駅, Hakodate-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

South Hokkaido Railway Company Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō Line (Normally ends at Goryōkaku, but trains generally serve Hakodate as well)
Hakodate Main Line
Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line (Former)

Hakodate Station is the terminus of the Hakodate Main Line and the former Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line; Hakodate Municipal Transit streetcars stop at the adjacent Hakodate Eki-mae Station.

Train services

In addition to local services, the following long-distance trains serve Hakodate Station.

Hokuto and Super Hokuto limited express to Sapporo

The following services ended in March 2016 due to the Hokkaido Shinkansen's opening From Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Shin-Aomori Station, which is takes a similar route of the Hakuchō\Super Hakuchō. All services go through to Tokyo station, which means the two former sleeper trains had to be discontinued due to the Hokkaido Shinkansen's opening. An extension to Sapporo is currently under construction and will be completed in fiscal 2031.

Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō limited express to Shin-Aomori
Cassiopeia and Hokutosei sleeping car limited express to Sapporo and Ueno
Hamanasu sleeping car express to Sapporo and Aomori

Station layout

The station has four platforms serving eight terminating tracks.

1-4	■Hakodate Main Line	Local services for Nanae, Ōnuma, Mori and Oshamanbe
1-4	■Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō Line	Local services for Kamiiso and Kikonai
5-8	■Hokuto limited express	For Oshamanbe, Higashi-Muroran and Sapporo
	■Hakucho limited express	For Shin-Aomori (discontinued)
	■Hokutosei limited express	For Sendai and Ueno (discontinued)

The main entrance
Ticket gates
Passageway to tracks
Platforms

History

Hakodate station first opened on 10 December 1902.

The current station building was opened on 21 June 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Shinkansen services stop at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, approximately 18 km away from Hakodate Station since 26 March 2016, the day the Shinkansen station opened. "Relay" shuttle services (Hakodate liner) using three-car 733 series electric trains operate between Hakodate and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station.^[1]

References

^ ＪＲ、地元・函館の要望に消極的リレー列車３両／観光型車両は導入せず [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 12 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.