Timetable information
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Location
History
Shin-Sapporo Station opened on 9 September 1973 as an elevated passenger station of Japanese National Railways, built on a previously empty site as part of a new Chitose Line alignment between Kitahiroshima and Naebo. The provisional construction name was Shimo-Nopporo, and the 'Shin-Sapporo' name was transferred from the existing Sapporo Freight Terminal. The site had been used to store 4,000 tonnes of munitions during the war before passing to the City of Sapporo in 1966, with the area designated Atsubetsu Sub-Centre in the city's 1971 long-range plan. At JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR Hokkaido, automated ticket gates entered service on 12 December 1998, and the Kitaca IC card was introduced on 25 October 2008.
Notes
Although the JR and subway stations are immediately adjacent and use the same Latinised name, the subway station's official Japanese name is written in hiragana ('新さっぽろ駅') to distinguish it from this kanji-spelled JR station.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18