Sapporo Municipal Subway

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Central rail-guided rubber-tyred rolling stock serial 5000, Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, Japan. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company. Photo taken at Minami-Hiragishi Station, 2006.

Sapporo Subway guide rail and steel rollways

Sapporo Municipal Subway (札幌市営地下鉄, Sapporo-shiei chikatetsu^?) is the rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau.[1] [2]

The subway trains are guided by a central rail with rubber tires on two narrow steel rollways.[3] It has 3 lines, and the first one was opened 1971, just before the 1972 Winter Olympics.

1 Lines
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Lines

**Sapporo Municipal Subway lines and services**
Color	Name		Label / letter	First section opened	Last ex- tension	Length km/miles	Stations served	Journeys per annum (000's)
Green	-	Namboku Line	N	1971	1978	14.3/8.9	16	85,775
Orange		Tōzai Line	T	1976	1999	20.1/12.5	19	78,840
Sky blue		Tōhō Line	H	1988	1994	13.6/8.5	14	41,975

[edit] Nanboku Line

Nanboku Line(南北線: Nanboku-Sen)

From Asabu to Makomanai, 14.3km

Dec 1971: From Kita 24-Jo to Makomanai

Mar 1978: From Asabu to Kita 24-Jo

Line Colour: Green■

Nanboku Line has an elevated section (from Hiragishi to Makomanai), It is covered in the shelter to protect it from snow. [4] [5]

Station number	Station name	Station name(Japanese)	Connecting Lines	Location
N01	Asabu Station	麻生駅(Asabu Eki)	Hokkaidō Railway Company, Sassho Line (Shin-Kotoni Station)	Kita-ku
N02	Kita 34-Jo Station	北34条駅(Kita sanjūyo jō Eki)
N03	Kita 24-Jo Station	北24条駅(Kita nijūyo jō Eki)
N04	Kita 18-Jo Station	北18条駅(Kita jūhachi jō Eki)
N05	Kita 12-Jo Station	北12条駅(Kita jūni jō Eki)
N06	Sapporo Station	さっぽろ駅(Sapporo Eki)	Hokkaidō Railway Company, Hakodate Main Line Toho Line	Chūō-ku
N07	Odori Station	大通駅(Ōdōri Eki)	Tozai Line, Toho Line Sapporo Streetcar (Nishi_4-Chome_Station)
N08	Susukino Station	すすきの駅(Susukino Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar
N09	Nakajima-Koen Station	中島公園駅(Nakajima kōen Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar (Yamahana_9-Jo_Station)
N10	Horohira-Bashi Station	幌平橋駅(Horohira bashi Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar (Seishu-Gakuen-Mae_Station)
N11	Nakanoshima Station	中の島駅(Nakanoshima Eki)		Toyohira-ku
N12	Hiragishi Station	平岸駅(Hiragishi Eki)
N13	Minami-Hiragishi Station	南平岸駅(Minami Hiragishi Eki)
N14	Sumikawa Station	澄川駅(Sumikawa Eki)		Minami-ku
N15	Jieitai-Mae Station	自衛隊前駅(Jieitai mae Eki)
N16	Makomanai Station	真駒内駅(Makomanai Eki)

[edit] Tozai Line

Tozai Line(東西線: Tōzai-Sen)

From Miyanosawa to Shin-Sapporo, 20.1km

Jun 1976: From Kotoni to Shiroishi

Mar 1982: From Shiroishi to Shin-Sapporo

Feb 1999: From Miyanosawa to Kotoni

Line Colour: Orange■

Station number	Station name	Station name(Japanese)	Connecting Lines	Location
T01	Miyanosawa Station	宮の沢駅(Miyanosawa Eki)		Nishi-ku
T02	Hassamu-Minami Station	発寒南駅(Hassamu minami Eki)
T03	Kotoni Station	琴似駅(Kotoni Eki)	(It is considerably away with the Kotoni Station of Hokkaidō Railway Company)
T04	Nijuyonken Station	二十四軒駅(Nijūyonken Eki)
T05	Nishi 28-Chome Station	西28丁目駅(Nishi nijūhatchōme Eki)		Chūō-ku
T06	Maruyama-Koen Station	円山公園駅(Maruyama kōen Eki)
T07	Nishi 18-Chome Station	西18丁目駅(Nishi jūhatchōme Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar (Nishi_15-Chome_Station)
T08	Nishi 11-Chome Station	西11丁目駅(Nishi jūitchōme Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar (Chūō-Kuyakusho-Mae_Station)
T09	Odori Station	大通駅(Ōdōri Eki)	Nanboku Line, Toho Line Sapporo Streetcar (Nishi_4-Chome_Station)
T10	Bus Center-Mae Station	バスセンター前駅(Basu sentā mae Eki)
T11	Kikusui Station	菊水駅(Kikusui Eki)		Shiroishi-ku
T12	Higashi-Sapporo Station	東札幌駅(Higashi Sapporo Eki)
T13	Shiroishi Station	白石駅(Shiroishi Eki)	(It is considerably away with the Shiroishi Station of Hokkaidō Railway Company)
T14	Nango 7-Chome Station	南郷7丁目駅(Nangō nanachōme Eki)
T15	Nango 13-Chome Station	南郷13丁目駅(Nangō jūsanchōme Eki)
T16	Nango 18-Chome Station	南郷18丁目駅(Nangō jūhatchōme Eki)
T17	Oyachi Station	大谷地駅(Ōyachi Eki)		Atsubetsu-ku
T18	Hibarigaoka Station	ひばりが丘駅(Hibarigaoka Eki)
T19	Shin-Sapporo Station	新さっぽろ駅(Shin Sapporo Eki)	Hokkaidō Railway Company, Chitose Line

[edit] Toho Line

Station map for the Toho Line at Odori Station

Passenger platform at Odori Station on the Toho Line

Subway car interior on the Toho Line

Toho Line(東豊線: Tōhō-Sen)

From Sakaemachi to Fukuzumi, 13.6km

Nov 1988: From Sakaemachi to Hosui-Susukino

Oct 1994: From Hosui-Susukino to Fukuzumi

Line Colour: Skyblue■

Because there isn't rail yard in Toho Line, Trains of it are forwarded through the forwarding line between Nishi 11-Chome and Sapporo from Tozai Line rail yard.

Station number	Station name	Station name(Japanese)	Connecting Lines	Location
H01	Sakaemachi Station	栄町駅(Sakaemachi Eki)		Higashi-ku
H02	Shindo-Higashi Station	新道東駅(Shindō higashi Eki)
H03	Motomachi Station	元町駅(Motomachi Eki)
H04	Kanjo-Dori-Higashi Station	環状通東駅(Kanjō dōri higashi Eki)
H05	Higashi-Kuyakusho-Mae Station	東区役所前駅(Higashi kuyakusho mae Eki)
H06	Kita 13-Jo Higashi Station	北13条東駅(Kita jūsanjō higashi Eki)
H07	Sapporo Station	さっぽろ駅(Sapporo Eki)	Hokkaidō Railway Company, Hakodate Main Line Nanboku Line	Chūō-ku
H08	Odori Station	大通駅(Ōdōri Eki)	Nanboku Line, Tozai Line Sapporo Streetcar (Nishi_4-Chome_Station)
H09	Hosui-Susukino Station	豊水すすきの駅(Hōsui Susukino Eki)	Sapporo Streetcar (Susukino_Station)
H10	Gakuen-Mae Station	学園前駅(Gakuen mae Eki)		Toyohira-ku
H11	Toyohira-Koen Station	豊平公園駅(Toyohira kōen Eki)
H12	Misono Station	美園駅(Misono Eki)
H13	Tsukisamu-Chūō Station	月寒中央駅(Tsukisamu chūō Eki)
H14	Fukuzumi Station	福住駅(Fukuzumi Eki)