- Hakodate Main Line
Nihongo|Hakodate Main Line|函館本線|Hakodate Honsen is a railway line between the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa on the
Japan ese island ofHokkaidō . It is one of the trunk lines operated by theHokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).Construction of the line began with the Otaru - Sapporo segment in 1880, and was completed by 1898.
Stations of
Hokkaidō Shinkansen are planned to build at the stations of the line, namely at Oshima-Ōno, Kutchan, Oshamambe and SapporoBasic Data
*Operators
**Hokkaidō Railway Company (Category 1)
***Hakodate - Ōnuma-Kōen - Otaru - Asahikawa: 423.1 km
***Ōnuma - Oshima-Sawara - Mori, "Sawara Line": 35.3 km
***Nanae - Ōnuma, "Fujishiro Line": Used by down (northbound) trains only
***:Officially not recognized as a separate line
**Japan Freight Railway Company ((Category 2))
***Goryōkaku - Oshamambe: 108.9 km
***Naebo - Asahikawa: 134.6 km
***Ōnuma - Oshima-Sawara - Mori: 35.3 km
*Gauge: 1067 mm
*Tracks:
**Quadruple: Sapporo - Shiroishi
**:Double for Hakodate Main Line, double forChitose Line trains
**Triple: Sōen - Sapporo
**:Double for Hakodate Main Line, single forSasshō Line trains
**Double:
***Hakodate - Nanae
***Mori - Washinosu
***Yamazaki - Kuroiwa
***Kita-Toyotsu - Oshamambe
***Otaru - Sōen
***Shiroishi - Asahikawa
*Electric supply:
**20,000 V AC:
***Hakodate - Goryōkaku
***Otaru - Asahikawa
**Other sections are not electrified.
*Railway signalling :
**Osamambe - Otaru: Special Automatic (Electronic Signal Verification); a simplified automatic system
**Other sections: Automatic
*Maximum speed at service: 130 km/hTrains
Rapid Train
; Iris: Hakodate - Oshamanbe; Niseko Liner: Rankoshi/Kutchan - Sapporo; Home Liner: Otaru/Teine - Sapporo; Ishikari Liner: Otaru - Ebetsu/Iwamizawa/Takikawa; Airport: Otaru/Hoshimi/Teine/Sapporo - Shiroishi - "Shin-Chitose Kūkō":: Some "Airport" change into (or from) "Super Kamui" at Sapporo
Limited Express
;
Super Hokuto , Hokuto: Hakodate - Oshamanbe - "Higashi-Muroran" - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo; Super Kamui: Sapporo - Asahikawa:: Formerly "Super White Arrow " and "Lilac" until October 2007;Super Sōya , Sarobetsu: Sapporo - Asahikawa - "Wakkanai"; Okhotsk: Sapporo - Asahikawa - "Abashiri"Night Express
;
Hokutosei , Cassiopeia: "Ueno" - (Goryōkaku) - Hakodate - Oshamanbe - "Higashi-Muroran" - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo;Twilight Express : "Ōsaka" - (Goryōkaku) - Oshamanbe - "Higashi-Muroran" - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo; Hamanasu: "Aomori" - (Goryōkaku) - Hakodate - Oshamanbe - "Higashi-Muroran" - (Shiroishi) - Sapporo; Rishiri: Sapporo - Asahikawa - "Wakkanai"; Okhotsk: Sapporo - Asahikawa - "Abashiri"Stations
:R: Rapid:S: Sectional Rapid:Trains stop at stations signed "+", skip at stations signed "-".
References
*JTB Timetable, monthly by
JTB Corporation
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