Minami-Otaru Station (南小樽駅, Minami-Otaru-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered "S14".[1]

S14
Minami-Otaru Station

南小樽駅
Station and platforms in 2018
General information
LocationOtaru, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Hakodate Main Line
Distance254.1 km from Hakodate
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeS14
History
OpenedNovember 28, 1880 (1880-11-28)
Previous namesKaiunchō; Sumiyoshi Station
Otaru (until 1920)
Passengers
FY20141,778 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Otaru
S15
towards Hakodate
Hakodate Main Line
Local
Otaru-Chikkō
S13
towards Asahikawa
Otaru
S15
Terminus
Special Rapid Airport Otaru-Chikkō
S13
Rapid Airport
Otaru
S15
towards Kutchan
Niseko Liner Otaru-Chikkō
S13
towards Sapporo
Location
Minami-Otaru Station is located in Hokkaido
Minami-Otaru Station
Minami-Otaru Station
Location within Hokkaido
Minami-Otaru Station is located in Japan
Minami-Otaru Station
Minami-Otaru Station
Minami-Otaru Station (Japan)

Lines

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Minami-Otaru Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line.

Layout

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The station has one island Platform with two tracks. The platform is in a shallow cutting.[2] The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,[3] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1  Hakodate Main Line for Otaru
2  Hakodate Main Line for Sapporo, Iwamizawa, and New Chitose Airport

History

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As one of the intermediate station on the Horonai Railway, Kaiunchō Station (開運町駅) opened on November 11, 1880 provisionally and on November 28 formally. On May 22, 1881 the station was relocated and renamed Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅) after the station was burned down. It was again renamed as Otaru Station (小樽駅) on June 11, 1900. The present name Minami-Otaru was given on July 15, 1920 when the former Chūō Otaru Station, located closer to the city center, became Otaru Station.[4]

The station became the junction of the lines of Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company (former Horonai Railway) and the Hokkaido Railway on August 1, 1905. After the nationalization of the two companies in 1906 and 1907, the trunk line connecting Hakodate and Sapporo via Otaru was named the Hakodate Main Line and its branch between Minami-Otaru (then called Otaru) and Temiya was named the Temiya Line. The Temiya Line was abandoned in 1985.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ^ "南小樽駅構内図". Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 813–814. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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