Yoichi Station (余市駅, Yoichi-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered "S18".[2]

Yoichi Station

余市駅
Yoichi Station in August 2024
General information
Location5-43-7 Kurokawachō, Yoichi-chō, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido
Japan
Coordinates43°11′12″N 140°47′41″E / 43.1867°N 140.7948°E / 43.1867; 140.7948
Operated by JR Hokkaido
Line(s) Hakodate Main Line
Distance232.6 km from Hakodate
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed - JR Hokkaido ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)[1]
Station codeS18
History
Opened10 December 1902 (1902-12-10)
Passengers
FY2013621 daily
Location
Yoichi Station is located in Hokkaido
Yoichi Station
Yoichi Station
Location within Hokkaido
Yoichi Station is located in Japan
Yoichi Station
Yoichi Station
Yoichi Station (Japan)

Lines

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Yoichi Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is 232.6 km from the start of the line at Hakodate.[3]

Station layout

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The station has two side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Kitaca is not available.[clarification needed]

Adjacent stations

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Hakodate Main Line
Niki (S19) Rapid Ranshima (S17)
Niki (S19) Local Ranshima (S17)

History

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The station opened on 12 December 1902 at an intermediate station on a track which the private Hokkaido Railway had laid down between Ranshima and Shikaribetsu. By 28 June 1903, the track had been extended north from Ranshima to Otaru Chūō (now Otaru). By 19 Oct 1904, link ups to the track south of Shikaribetsu had allowed through traffic all the way to Hakodate. After the Hokkaido Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of Yoichi station. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[3][4] From 1 October 2007, station numbering was introduced on JR Hokkaido lines, with Yoichi Station becoming "S18".[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "JR北海道のおもな駅" [JR Hokkaido Main Stations]. JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 240. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  5. ^ 駅番号表示(駅ナンバリング)を実施します [Station number to be introduced] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Hokkaido Railway Company. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2015.