is a railway station on the
Sasshō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), which connects in Sapporo and in Tōbetu, Ishikari District. Its name is made up of two characters from and , the latter of which was the terminus of the l ...
in
Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the
Hokkaido Railway Company
The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to using its official abbreviation of . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a sm ...
(JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G14 and serves the Tōbetsu Campus of the
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido (HSUH). Since the closure of the railway between
Shin-Totsukawa and this station on May 7, 2020, it has been the northern terminus of the line.
Lines
Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku Station is served by the
Sasshō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), which connects in Sapporo and in Tōbetu, Ishikari District. Its name is made up of two characters from and , the latter of which was the terminus of the l ...
(Gakuen Toshi Line) from .
Station layout
The station has two staggered
side platforms
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
serving two tracks. Both platforms can serve 6-car electrified trains. Platform 1 is the only track connected to the non-electrified single-track former section of the line towards Shin-Totsukawa; Platform 2 is a
bay platform
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms.
Overview
Bay and islan ...
opened on 1 December 1995, serving the electrified line towards Sapporo.
After the closure of the non-electrified section, both platforms serve trains towards Sapporo. The station has automated ticket machines and
Kitaca
is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Sapporo, Japan. Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō) introduced the system from October 25 2008. Its name means "the card of ", while 北 is also the first ch ...
card readers (not equipped with regular ticket gates).
An overpass directly connects the HSUH to the station. The station is unattended and managed from Tōbetsu.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 1 April 1982, initially named .
Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and this station.
In December 2018, it was announced that the station would become the terminus station of the Sasshō Line as a result of the closure of the non-electrified section of the line in May 2020.
Services ceased from 18 April 2020 due to the
COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
; the line was officially closed on 7 May 2020 as planned.
Surrounding area
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Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, after which the station is named
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National Route 275
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hokkaido-Iryodaigaku Station
Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1982
Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company