Hakodate Main Line
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A local train running along the coast, near Asari Station in Otaru
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Regional rail | ||
| Locale | Hokkaido | ||
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Hakodate Asahikawa |
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| Owner |
.svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido
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| Line length | 423.1 km (262.9 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 20 kV AC (Hakodate to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Otaru to Asahikawa) | ||
| Operating speed | 130 km/h (80 mph) | ||
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The Hakodate Main Line (函館本線 Hakodate-honsen?) is a railway line connecting the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa via Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of the trunk lines operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The Sawara line, a 35 km loop line from Onuma to Mori opened in 1945, is included as part of the Hakodate Main Line.
The Sapporo—Minami-Otaru section was the first railway line opened in Hokkaido (including the Minami-Otaru - Temiya Line to the Otaru Port). The line was extended as the first to connect to Hakodate, though today all Sapporo—Hakodate direct passenger and freight services travel via the Chitose and Muroran lines until rejoining the Hakodate line at Oshamambe Station.
The Hokkaido Shinkansen route north of Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto approximately parallels the route of the Hakodate Main Line, with stations proposed to be built at Shin-Yakumo, Oshamambe, Kutchan, Shin-Otaru and Sapporo.
Until the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, these services usually operated on the 1966 built Nanae-Onuma section, bypassing (then) Oshima-Ono and Niyama. Now that Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (formerly Oshima-Ono) is the major connection between the Hokkaido Shinkansen and zairaisen services on the Hakodate Main Line, these services have been re-routed accordingly.
Until the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, the following sleeping car services operated;
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