is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines South Hokkaido Railway Company's Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō Line (nominally ends at Goryōkaku, but trains generally serve Hakodate as well) Hakodate Main Line Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line (formerly)

Hakodate Station is the terminus of the Hakodate Main Line and the former Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line; Hakodate Municipal Transit streetcars stop at the adjacent Hakodate Ekimae Station.

Train services In addition to local services, the following long-distance trains serve Hakodate Station.

Hokuto limited express to Sapporo

The following services ended in March 2016 due to the Hokkaido Shinkansen's opening: From Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Shin-Aomori Station, which takes a similar route of the Hakuchō\Super Hakuchō. All services go through to Tokyo station, which means the two former sleeper trains had to be discontinued due to the Hokkaido Shinkansen's opening. An extension to Sapporo is currently under construction and will be completed in fiscal 2031.

Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō limited express to Shin-Aomori Cassiopeia and Hokutosei sleeping car limited express to Sapporo and Ueno Hamanasu sleeping car express to Sapporo and Aomori

Station layout The station has four platforms serving eight terminating tracks. 1-4■Hakodate Main LineLocal services for Nanae, Ōnuma, Mori and Oshamanbe■South Hokkaido Railway LineLocal services for Kamiiso and Kikonai5-8■Hokuto limited expressFor Oshamanbe, Higashi-Muroran and SapporoHakodate LinerFor Shin-Hakodate Hokuto■Hakucho limited expressFor Shin-Aomori (discontinued)■Hokutosei limited expressFor Sendai and Ueno (discontinued)

History Hakodate station first opened on 10 December 1902.

The current station building was opened on 21 June 2003.

Shinkansen services stop at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, approximately 18 km away from Hakodate Station since 26 March 2016, the day the Shinkansen station opened. "Relay" shuttle services (Hakodate liner) using three-car 733 series electric trains operate between Hakodate and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station.

References

External links

JR Hokkaido station map