Otaru Station (original) (raw)
Railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
| S15Otaru Station小樽駅 | |
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 The station frontage in July 2018 |
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| General information | |
| Location | 2-22-15 Inaho, Otaru CityHokkaido PrefectureJapan |
| Operated by |  JR Hokkaido |
| Line(s) | Hakodate Main Line |
| Distance | 252.5 km (156.9 mi) from Hakodate |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | On embankment |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed |
| Station code | S15 |
| History | |
| Opened | 28 June 1903; 121 years ago (1903-06-28) |
| Previous names | Otaru Chūō; Takashima StationChūō Otaru (until 1920) |
| Passengers | |
| FY2015 | 8,973 daily |
| Services | |
| Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station ShioyaS16towards Hakodate Hakodate Main LineLocal Minami-OtaruS14towards Asahikawa Terminus Special Rapid Airport Minami-OtaruS14towards New Chitose Airport Rapid Airport Shioyatowards Kutchan Niseko Liner Minami-OtaruS14towards Sapporo |
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Entrance hall
Platform
Parking lot and bus terminal in front of the station
Otaru Station (小樽駅, Otaru-eki) is a railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It is numbered "S15".[1]
Otaru Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line.
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca,[2] and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Otaru Station opened on 28 June 1903.[3]The station name was originally Otaru Chūō Station (小樽中央駅, Otaru Chūō eki). The name was changed on 15 October 1904 to Takashima Station (高島駅, Takashima eki), on 15 December 1905 to Chūō Otaru Station (中央小樽駅, Chūō Otaru eki) and on 15 July 1920 to the present one. From 11 June 1900 to 14 July 1920, present-day Minami-Otaru Station was called Otaru Station.[4]
- Otaru Park
- Otaru City Office
- Otaru University of Commerce
- List of railway stations in Japan
- ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [_JNR Station Directory_]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 184. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 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. p. 813. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
43°11′52″N 140°59′38″E / 43.19778°N 140.99389°E / 43.19778; 140.99389