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Hakodate Station

Hakodate Station
函館駅
Hakodate Station Hokkaido Japan01s3.jpg
Location Hakodate, Hokkaido
Japan
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Hakodate Main Line
Other information
Station code H75
History
Opened 1902

Hakodate Station (函館駅 Hakodate-eki?) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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

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

The station has four platforms serving eight terminating tracks.

Main entrance

Ticket gates

Passageway to tracks

Platforms

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.

Coordinates: 41°46′25″N 140°43′35″E / 41.773736°N 140.726398°E / 41.773736; 140.726398


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