Minami-Otaru Station

Minami-Otaru Station 南小樽駅
The station building in April 2009
Location	Otaru, Hokkaido Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Hakodate Main Line
Distance	254.1 km from Hakodate
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	S14
History
Opened	November 28, 1880 (1880-11-28)
Previous names	Kaiunchō; Sumiyoshi Station Otaru (until 1920)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	1,778 daily
Location
Minami-Otaru Station Location within Japan

Minami-Otaru Station (南小樽駅, Minami-Otaru-eki^?) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered "S14".

Minami-Otaru Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line.

The station has one island Platform with two tracks. The platform is in a shallow cutting. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca, and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

As one of the intermediate station on the Horonai Railway, Kaiunchō Station (開運町駅^?) opened on November 11, 1880 provisionally and on November 28 formally. On May 22, 1881 the station was relocated and renamed Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅^?) after the station was burned down. It was again renamed as Otaru Station (小樽駅^?) on June 11, 1900. The present name Minami-Otaru was given on July 15, 1920 when the former Chūō Otaru Station, located closer to the city center, became Otaru Station.