Hokkaido Railway Company
The Hokkaido Railway Company (北海道旅客鉄道株式会社 Hokkaidō Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railway, and thus often known as JR Hokkaido. It operates intercity rail services in Hokkaidō, Japan.
At the time of its privatization in 1987, JR Hokkaido operated 21 railway lines totalling 3,176.6 km of track, as well as a ferry service to Aomori. Since then, that number has dwindled to just below 2,500 km, as unprofitable lines have been shut down or spun off (in the case of the Hokkaidō Chihoku Kogen Railway). The ferry service has also been replaced by the Seikan Tunnel.
Hokkaido Railway's headquarters are in Sapporo.
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Lines and Typical Stations
Trunk lines
- Chitose Line
- Numa-no-Hata - Minami-Chitose - Chitose - Shiroishi
- Minami-Chitose - Shin-Chitose-Kuko
- Hakodate - Goryōkaku - Oshima-Ohno(**) - Ōnuma - Mori - Oshamanbe - Kutchan - Otaru - Souen - Sapporo - Shiroishi - Iwamizawa - Takikawa - Fukagawa - Asahikawa
- Ōnuma - Mori
- Muroran Main Line
- Oshamanbe - Higashi-Muroran - Tomakomai - Numa-no-Hata - Oiwake - Iwamizawa
- Higashi-Muroran - Muroran
- Nemuro Main Line
- Sekisho Line
- Minami-Chitose - Oiwake - Shin-Yubari - Shintoku
- Shin-Yubari - Yubari
Other lines
- Esashi Line
- Goryōkaku - Kikonai - Esashi
- Furano Line
- Asahikawa - Biei - Furano
- Hidaka Main Line
- Tomakomai - Mukawa - Sizunai - Samani
- Sekihoku Main Line
- Naka-Oguni - Tsugaru-Imabetsu(***) - Kikonai
- Rumoi Main Line
- Fukagawa - Ishikari-Numata - Rumoi - Mashike
- Sassho Line
- Souen - Ishikari-Tohbetsu - Shin-Totsukawa
- Senmo Main Line
- Abashiri - Shiretoko-Shari - Mashu - Shibecha - Higashi-Kushiro
- Soya Main Line
*---- Most trains between Sapporo and Oshamanbe pass the Chitose line and the Muroran main line.
**--- Oshima-Ohno Station will be renamed to Shin-Hakodate Station at the same time as opening Hokkaidō Shinkansen.
***-- Tsugaru-Imabetu Station will be renamed to Oku-Tsugaru Station at the same time as opening Hokkaidō Shinkansen.
Under construction
- Shin-Aomori - Oku-Tsugaru - Kikonai - Shin-Hakodate - Shin-Yakumo - Oshamanbe - Kutchan - Shin-Otaru - Sapporo
External links
- http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/ (Japanese)
- http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/ (English)
| Past:Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | |||||||||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies: | JR Hokkaido | JR East | JR Central | JR West | JR Shikoku | JR Kyushu | |||||||
| JR Bus Companies: | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus | |||||||
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | ||||||||||||
| Others: | JR Freight | JR RTRI | JR Systems | ||||||||||
Categories
Railway companies of Japan