Hachiken Station

{{short description|Railway station in Sapporo, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Hachiken Station

| native_name = 八軒駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| style = JR Hokkaido

| image = Hachiken Station.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| other_name =

| address = Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido

| country = Japan

| coordinates =

| operator = {{ric|JR Hokkaido|name=y}}

| line = {{rcb|JR Hokkaido|Sasshō|yes}}

| distance = {{cvt|2.2|km}} from {{STN|Sōen|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure = Elevated

| status = Staffed

| code = G03

| opened = {{Start date and age|df=y|1988|11|03}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 2,335 daily

| pass_year = FY2014

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR Hokkaido|line1=Sasshō|left1=Sōen|right1=Shinkawa}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Hachiken Station|八軒駅|Hachiken-eki}} is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G03.{{Cite web|title = JR Hokkaido Route Map|url = http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/ttable/route_map.pdf|access-date = 2016-11-25|publisher = Hokkaido Railway Company|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207145544/http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/ttable/route_map.pdf|archive-date = 7 December 2016|url-status = dead}}

Lines

Hachiken Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from {{STN|Sapporo|x}} to {{STN|Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku|x}}.

Station layout

The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks.{{cite magazine| last = Nomura| first = Yukihiro| title =札沼線電化事業の概要|trans-title=Outline of Sasshō Line Electrification Project|magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine | volume = 41| issue = 340|pages=4–9| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun | location = Japan | date = August 2012}} The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,{{Cite web|title = Service Range Kitaca|url = http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/kitaca/p02.html|access-date = 2016-11-25|publisher = JR Hokkaido|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161119183456/http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/kitaca/p02.html|archive-date = 19 November 2016|url-status = dead}} and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name=Sasshō Line|dir=for {{STN|Ainosato-Kyōikudai|x}} and {{STN|Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku|x}}|col=#00a54f}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Sasshō Line|dir=for {{STN|Sōen|x}} and {{STN|Sapporo|x}}|col=#00a54f}}

History

The station opened on 3 November 1988.{{cite web |url= http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/network/barrier/037/hachiken.html|script-title=ja:八軒駅バリアフリー情報|trans-title=Hachiken Station accessibility information|year= 2007|publisher= Hokkaido Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 20 July 2012}}

Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and {{STN|Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku|x}}.

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