Sapporo Station (札幌駅, Sapporo-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is also connected to the Subway Sapporo Station.
Sapporo Station is the starting point and terminus for the limited expresses of JR Hokkaido. It also has the tallest building (JR Tower) in Hokkaido. Sapporo station is developing into a commercial center as large as Ōdōri Park and Susukino.
Lines and trains
The following JR Hokkaido lines and trains pass through or terminate at Sapporo Station:
■■ Hakodate Main LineOkhotsk limited express (Sapporo – Abashiri)Super Sōya limited express (Sapporo – Wakkanai)Sarobetsu limited express (Sapporo – Wakkanai)Super Kamui limited express (Sapporo – Asahikawa)Ishikari Liner semi-rapid service (Otaru – Sapporo – Takikawa)Niseko Liner rapid service (Rankoshi, Kutchan – Sapporo)■ Chitose LineHokuto limited express (Hakodate – Sapporo)Super Hokuto limited express (Hakodate – Sapporo)Super Ōzora limited express (Sapporo – Kushiro)Super Tokachi limited express (Sapporo – Obihiro)Suzuran limited express (Muroran – Sapporo)Airport rapid service (New Chitose Airport – Sapporo – Otaru)■ Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line)Sapporo Station consists of five platforms that are raised above street level. These raised platforms serve 10 tracks which run in an east-west direction. Two concourses run north-south below the platforms. It has a commercial facility called Paseo under the ground and JR Tower on the south side of the station.
Sapporo Station opened on 28 November 1880 as a terminus of the Horonai Railway. A new station building was built in 1881 and it was enlarged as Sapporo developed. In 1908, the station building was rebuilt because of a fire in 1907. The restored building can be found in the Historical Village of Hokkaido in Nopporo Forest Park.
The third reconstruction was finished in 1951 and the Sapporo Subway was opened in 1971. An underground shopping center was started in 1972 and a commercial building was opened on the east side of the station in 1978.
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.
The current building was built in 2003.
Overnight sleeping car trains Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, and Hamanasu served the station prior to their discontinuation.
Subway Sapporo StationSapporo station Bus Terminal National Route 5, (to Hakodate)Hokkaido Development Bureau buildingHokkaido UniversityHokkaido Police HeadquartersSapporo Central Post OfficeSapporo 1 building, (Sapporo Government Office building)Sapporo agricultural cooperative association (JA Sapporo), Chuo branchSapporo JR TowerSapporo Stellar Place, shopping mallDaimaru store, Sapporo branchSapporo Cinema FrontierSapporo Esta, shopping centerTokyu Department Store, Sapporo branchAsty 45, buildingPASEO, shopping centerAPIA, shopping centerHotel New Otani SapporoIwamizawa; For Iwamizawa StationMikasa; For Iwamizawa Station and MikasaBibai; For Bibai StationFurano; For Iwamizawa, Sunagawa, Higashi-Takikawa Station, Akabira Station, Ashibetsu Station, and Furano StationKuriyama; For Kurisawa Station and Kuriyama StationYubari; For Kuriyama Station, Shikanotani Station, and Yūbari StationTakikawa; For Takikawa StationShintotsukawa; For Takikawa and ShintotsukawaRumoi; For Takikawa, Fukagawa, and Rumoi StationAsahikawa; For Asahikawa StationEngaru; For Shirataki and Engaru StationNayoro; For Wassamu Station, Kenbuchi, Shibetsu, Fūren Station, and Nayoro StationRyuhyo Monbetsu; For Takinoue and MonbetsuHaboro; For Mashike Station, Rumoi Station, Obira, Tomamae, Haboro, Shosanbetsu, Enbetsu, Teshio, and Toyotomi StationMuroran/Muroran Soccer/Hakucho; For Noboribetsu Station, Higashi-Muroran Station, and Muroran StationTomakomai/Haskap; For Tomakomai Station and Tomakoma Ferry TerminalHakodate; For Yakumo, Mori, Nanai Station, Goryōkaku Station, Hakodate Station, and Yunokawa OnsenPegasus; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Kiyohata Station, Shizunai Station, Hidaka-mitsuishi Station, and Urakawa StationHidaka; For Mukawa, Tomikawa Station, Biratori, and HidakaDate Liner; For Datemombetsu StationOtaru; For Otaru-Chikkō Station, Otaru StationYoichi; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi Station, Umekawa, and ToyohamaShakotan; For Ranshima Station, Yoichi, Furubira, and ShakotanIwanai; For Rashima, Yoichi, Kyōwa, and IwanaiNiseko; For Otaru Station, Yoichi, Niki, Kyowa, Kutchan, and NisekoHiroo Santa; For Urakawa and HirooErimo; For Hidaka-horobetsu Station, Samani Station, and ErimoStarlight Kushiro; For Shiranuka Station, Otanoshike Station, and Kushiro Station
