Ranshima Station
{{short description|Railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ranshima Station
| native_name = 蘭島駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = JR_Hakodate-Main-Line_Ranshima_Station_building.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Station building, September 2018
| other_name =
| style = JR Hokkaido
| address = Otaru, Hokkaido, Hokkaido
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{Coord|43.1968|N|140.8552|E|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=title,inline}}
| operator = 20px JR Hokkaido
| line = {{Colorbull|OrangeRed}} Hakodate Main Line
| distance = 237.9 km from {{STN|Hakodate|x}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure =
| status = Kan'i itaku ticket window
| code = S17
| opened = {{Start date|1902|12|10}}
| closed =
| former =
| passengers = 28 daily
| pass_year = FY2013
| services =
}}
{{Nihongo|Ranshima Station|蘭島駅|Ranshima-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 S17.{{cite web|url=http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/pdf/e-route_map.pdf|title=JR Hokkaido Route Map|publisher=JR Hokkaido|accessdate=21 February 2018}}
Lines
Ranshima Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is 237.9 km from the start of the line at {{STN|Hakodate|x}}.
Station layout
The station has two side platforms connected by an overpass. Kitaca is not available. A Kan'i itaku agent staffs the ticket window and sells some types of tickets.{{cite web|url=http://jr-mars.dyndns.org/view/station/view1.php?stat_no=100221|title=蘭島駅|trans-title=Ranshima Station|accessdate=22 February 2018|website=jr-mars.dyndns.org}} See image of tickets sold.
=Platforms=
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name=Hakodate Main Line|col=OrangeRed|dir=for {{STN|Yoichi|x}}, {{STN|Kutchan|x}}, and {{STN|Oshamambe|x}}}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Hakodate Main Line|col=OrangeRed|dir=for {{STN|Otaru|x}} and {{STN|Sapporo|x}}}}
Adjacent stations
{{J-railservice start}}
{{J-route|route=Hakodate Main Line|col=OrangeRed|f=w}}
{{J-rserv|service=Rapid|previous={{STN|Yoichi|x}} (S18)|next={{STN|Shioya|x|Hokkaido}} (S16)}}
{{J-rserv|service=Local|previous=Yoichi (S18)|next=Shioya (S16)}}
{{S-end}}
History
Ranshima Station opened on 12 December 1902 when the private Hokkaido Railway established a track between it and {{STN|Shikaribetsu|x}}. By 28 June 1903, the track had been extended north from here to Otaru Chūō (now {{STN|Otaru|x}}). By 19 Oct 1904, link ups to the track south of Shikaribetsu had allowed through traffic all the way to {{STN|Hakodate|x}}. After the Hokkaido Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.{{Teishajo|II|813}}{{Teishajo|I|240}} From 1 October 2007, station numbering was introduced on JR Hokkaido lines, with Ranshima Station becoming "S17".{{cite web |url= http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/press/2007/070912-3.pdf|script-title=ja: 駅番号表示(駅ナンバリング)を実施します|trans-title=Station number to be introduced |date= 12 September 2007|work= News release |publisher= Hokkaido Railway Company |language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 30 July 2015}}