Namboku Line (Sapporo)

Namboku Line 南北線
5000 series EMU near Minami-Hiragishi Station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	Sapporo Municipal Subway
Locale	Sapporo, Hokkaidō
Termini	Asabu Makomanai
Stations	16
Operation
Opening	1971
Owner	Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
Technical
Line length	14.3 km (8.89 mi)
Track gauge	Central guiding rail
Electrification	750 V DC (third-rail)

The Namboku Line (南北線, Nanboku-sen^?) is a subway line located in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is part of the Sapporo Municipal Subway system. Its name literally means South-North Line, and it runs from Asabu Station in Kita-ku to Makomanai Station in Minami-ku. The Namboku Line color on maps is green. Its stations carry the letter N followed by a number.

1 History
2 Station list
3 References
4 External links

History

December 16, 1971: Kita-Nijūyo-Jō – Makomanai section opens; 1000 series traincars debut
March 16, 1978: Kita-Nijūyo-Jō – Asabu section opens; all trains operated in 8-car sets
October 1, 1978: 3000 series traincars debut
October 14, 1994: Reien-Mae Station renamed Minami-Hiragishi Station
September 1995: 5000 series traincars debut
June 27, 1999: 1000/2000 series traincars taken out of service
August 18, 2008: Women-only cars introduced on trial basis (until September 12, 2008)
December 15, 2008: "Women and Children Comfort Car" introduced
January 30, 2009: SAPICA contactless smart card introduced
By 2014: Platform doors to be installed on all stations

Station list

All stations are located in Sapporo.

Station Number	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Above/ Below Ground	Location
Station Number	Station	Japanese	Between Stations	Total from Kita-Nijūyo-Jō	Transfers	Above/ Below Ground	Location
N01	Asabu	麻生	-	2.2	Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō): Sasshō Line (Shin-Kotoni, G05)	Under- ground	Kita-ku
N02	Kita-Sanjūyo-Jō	北34条	1.0	1.2
N03	Kita-Nijūyo-Jō	北24条	1.2	0.0
N04	Kita-Jūhachi-Jō	北18条	0.9	0.9
N05	Kita-Jūni-Jō	北12条	0.8	1.7
N06	Sapporo	さっぽろ	1.0	2.7	Sapporo Municipal Subway: Tōhō Line (H07) JR Hokkaidō: Hakodate Main Line (01)		Chūō-ku
N07	Ōdōri	大通	0.6	3.3	Sapporo Municipal Subway: Tōzai Line (T09), Tōhō Line (H08) Sapporo Streetcar: Ichijō Line (Nishi-Yon-Chōme)
N08	Susukino	すすきの	0.6	3.9	Sapporo Streetcar: Yamahana Line
N09	Nakajima-Kōen	中島公園	0.7	4.6	Sapporo Streetcar: Yamahana Line (Yamahana-Ku-Jō)
N10	Horohira-Bashi	幌平橋	1.0	5.6	Sapporo Streetcar: Yamahana Line (Seishūgakuen-Mae)
N11	Nakanoshima	中の島	0.5	6.1			Toyohira-ku
N12	Hiragishi	平岸	0.7	6.8
N13	Minami-Hiragishi	南平岸	1.1	7.9		Above- ground
N14	Sumikawa	澄川	1.2	9.1			Minami-ku
N15	Jieitai-Mae	自衛隊前	1.3	10.4
N16	Makomanai	真駒内	1.7	12.1

References

External links

Commons has media related to Namboku Line (Sapporo).

(Japanese) Sapporo City Transportation Bureau

v t e Transportation in Hokkaido

JR Hokkaido lines	Chitose Esashi Furano Hakodate Hidaka Kaikyō Muroran Nemuro Rumoi Sasshō Sekihoku Sekishō Semmō Sōya Temiya

JR trains	Cassiopeia Hakuchō Hamanasu Hokuto Hokutosei Ishikari Kitami Lilac Okhotsk Sarobetsu Super Hakuchō Super Hokuto Super Kamui Super Ōzora Super Sōya Super Tokachi Super White Arrow Suzuran Twilight Express White Arrow

Other railways	Hakodate Streetcar Sapporo Streetcar Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Tōzai Tōhō Taiheiyō Coal (freight only)

Airports	Asahikawa New Chitose Hakodate Kushiro Memanbetsu Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Okadama Okushiri Rishiri Tokachi-Obihiro Wakkanai

Miscellaneous	Kitaca SAPICA

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Namboku Line (Sapporo)