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Hakodate Main Line
A Rapid Airport train running along the coast of the Sea of Japan, near Asari Station in Otaru
Overview
Owner
JR Hokkaido
Locale
Hokkaido
Termini
Hakodate
Asahikawa
Stations
78 (main line) 6 (branch line)
Service
Type
Regional rail
Operator(s)
JR Hokkaido and JR Freight
Depot(s)
Sapporo depot (near Inaho), Naebo Workshop & depot
Technical
Line length
423.1 km (262.9 mi)
Number of tracks
Single (Nanae-Mori (include branch), Washinosu signal base-Yamasaki, Kuroiwa-Kita‐Toyotsu signal base and Oshamambe-Otaru) Double (elsewhere)
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
20 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary (Hakodate to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Otaru to Asahikawa)
Operating speed
130 km/h (81 mph) (Hakodate to Oshamanbe, Otaru to Asahikawa)
95 km/h (59 mph) (Onuma to Oshima-Sawara to Mori, Oshamanbe to Otaru)
Route map
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 that is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The Sawara Line, a 35 km (22 mi) loop line from Ōnuma to Mori opened in 1945, is included as part of the Hakodate Main Line.
The Sapporo—Minami-Otaru section was the first railway line that 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.
On March 27, 2022, the municipals along the line agreed to abolish the section between Oshamanbe—Otaru after the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen's extension to Sapporo in 2030. The entire section will be converted into a bus route.[1]
^"長万部―小樽間の在来線廃止へ…北海道新幹線延伸でバスの運行に : 経済 : ニュース : 読売新聞オンライン". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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