Otaru Station

Railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

S15
Otaru Station

小樽駅

The station frontage in July 2018

General information
Location| 2-22-15 Inaho, Otaru City
Hokkaido Prefecture
Japan
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; 120 years ago (1903-06-28)
Previous names| Otaru Chūō; Takashima Station
Chūō Otaru (until 1920)
Passengers
FY2015| 8,973 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR Hokkaido | Following station

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Shioya

S16

towards Hakodate

|  | Hakodate Main Line

Local

|  | Minami-Otaru

S14

towards Asahikawa

Terminus |  | Rapid Airport  |  | Minami-Otaru

S14

towards New Chitose Airport

Shioya

towards Kutchan

|  | Niseko Liner |  | Minami-Otaru

S14

towards Sapporo

Location

Otaru Station

Location within Hokkaido

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Otaru Station

Otaru Station (Japan)

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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]

## Lines[edit]

Otaru Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line.

## Station layout[edit]

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.

### Platforms[edit]

1, 2, 4 | ■ Hakodate Main Line  | for Sapporo
for Yoichi, Kutchan and Oshamambe

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5 | ■ Hakodate Main Line  | for Sapporo

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## History[edit]

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]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Otaru Park
* Otaru City Office
* Otaru University of Commerce

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
2. ^ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
3. ^ 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.
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. p. 813\. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

## External links[edit]

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43°11′52″N 140°59′38″E﻿ / ﻿43.19778°N 140.99389°E﻿ / 43.19778; 140.99389

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Stations of the Hakodate Main Line

■ Hakodate to Oshamambe|

* Hakodate
* Goryōkaku
* Kikyō
* Ōnakayama
* Nanae
* Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
* Niyama
* Ōnuma
* Ōnuma-Kōen
* Akaigawa
* Komagatake
* ~~Higashiyama~~
* ~~Himekawa~~
* Mori
* ~~Katsuragawa~~
* ~~Ishiya~~
* ~~Hon-Ishikura~~
* Ishikura
* Otoshibe
* Nodaoi
* Yamakoshi
* Yakumo
* ~~Washinosu~~
* Yamasaki
* Kuroiwa
* ~~Kita-Toyotsu~~
* Kunnui
* Nakanosawa
* Oshamambe

■ Oshamambe to Sapporo|

* Oshamambe
* Futamata
* ~~Warabitai~~
* Kuromatsunai
* Neppu
* Mena
* Rankoshi
* Konbu
* Niseko
* Hirafu
* Kutchan
* Kozawa
* Ginzan
* Shikaribetsu
* Niki
* Yoichi
* Ranshima
* Shioya
* Otaru
* Minami-Otaru
* Otaru-Chikkō
* Asari
* Zenibako
* Hoshimi
* Hoshioki
* Inaho
* Teine
* Inazumi-Kōen
* Hassamu
* Hassamu-Chūō
* Kotoni
* Sōen
* Sapporo

■ Sapporo to Asahikawa|

* Sapporo
* Naebo
* Shiroishi
* Atsubetsu
* Shinrin-Kōen
* Ōasa
* Nopporo
* Takasago
* Ebetsu
* Toyohoro
* Horomui
* Kami-Horomui
* Iwamizawa
* Minenobu
* Kōshunai
* Bibai
* Chashinai
* Naie
* Toyonuma
* Sunagawa
* Takikawa
* Ebeotsu
* Moseushi
* Fukagawa
* Osamunai
* ~~Inō~~
* Chikabumi
* Asahikawa

Branch Line|

* Ōnuma
* ~~Ikedaen~~
* ~~Nagareyama Onsen~~
* ~~Chōshiguchi~~
* Shikabe
* Oshima-Numajiri
* Oshima-Sawara
* Kakarima
* Oshironai
* Higashi-Mori
* Mori

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