Goryōkaku Station

Goryōkaku Station (五稜郭駅, Goryōkaku-eki^?) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line and the Esashi Line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It is located in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan.

The station is named after Goryōkaku fort, located about two kilometers from the station.

Hakodate Freight Terminal (函館貨物駅, Hakodate Kamotsu-eki^?) of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) is adjacently located and had also been called Goryōkaku until the renaming on March 12, 2011.^[1]

1 Lines
2 Station structure
3 History
4 Bus services
5 Surrounding area
6 Adjacent stations
7 References

Lines

JR Hokkaido, JR Freight
- Hakodate Main Line
- Esashi Line (Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line)

Station structure

The station has two platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

3･4	■Hakodate Main Line ■Esashi Line (Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line)	For Hakodate
5･6	■Hakodate Main Line	For Oshamanbe, Higashi-Muroran and Sapporo
	■Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line	For Aomori and Hachinohe
	■Esashi Line	For Kikonai and Esashi

History

The station opened as a new station on the Hakodate Main Line on September 1, 1911, for passenger trains and shortly thereafter for freight trains. It became the terminus of the Esashi Line on September 15, 1913.^[2] The freight terminal was renamed Hakodate Freight Terminal on March 12, 2011.^[1]

Bus services

Hakodate Bus

Surrounding area

Goryōkaku-Ekimae Post office

Adjacent stations

Hokkaido Railway Company

Hakodate Main Line

Hakodate - Goryōkaku - Kikyō

Esashi Line

Goryōkaku - Nanaehama

References

Stations of the JR Hakodate Main Line

Branch Line: Ōnuma; Ikedaen; Nagareyama Onsen; Chōshiguchi; Shikabe; Oshima-Numajiri; Oshima-Sawara; Kakarima; Oshironai; Higashi-Mori; Mori

v]] t]] e] Stations of the JR Esashi Line

Goryōkaku Nanaehama Higashi-Kunebetsu Kunebetsu Kiyokawaguchi Kamiiso Moheji Oshima-Tōbetsu Kamaya Izumisawa Satsukari Kikonai Oshima-Tsuruoka Yoshibori Shinmei Yunotai Miyakoshi Katsuraoka Naka-Suda Kaminokuni Esashi

v]] t]] e] Stations of the Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line

Aomori Kanita (Naka-Oguni) Tsugaru-Imabetsu (Tappi-Kaitei) (Yoshioka-Kaitei) Shiriuchi Kikonai Goryōkaku Hakodate

Coordinates: 41°48′15″N 140°44′01″E / 41.8042°N 140.7337°E / 41.8042; 140.7337

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