Goryōkaku Station

Goryōkaku Station 五稜郭駅
File:Goryohkaku-station renewal.jpg Goryōkaku Station, May 2012
Location	Hakodate, Hokkaido Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Hakodate Main Line, Esashi Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1911

Goryōkaku Station (五稜郭駅, Goryōkaku-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line and Esashi Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is named after Goryōkaku fort, located about two km from the station.

Lines

Goryōkaku Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and the Esashi Line (Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line).

Station layout

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A freight train departing from the station, October 2013

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

3-4	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Hakodate
	■ Esashi Line	for Hakodate
5-6	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Oshamanbe and Sapporo
	■ Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line	for Aomori and Hachinohe
	■ Esashi Line	for Kikonai

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hakodate Main Line
Hakodate		-	Kikyō
Esashi Line
Terminus		Local	Nanaehama

History

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The station building in August 2006

The station opened as a new station on the Hakodate Main Line on September 1, 1911. It became the terminus of the Esashi Line on September 15, 1913. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido. The freight terminal was renamed Hakodate Freight Terminal on March 12, 2011.

Surrounding area

Hakodate Freight Terminal (函館貨物駅, Hakodate Kamotsu-eki) operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) is located next to the passenger station and was previously called Goryōkaku until it was renamed on March 12, 2011.

• Goryōkaku fort
• Goryōkaku-Ekimae Post office

Bus services

• Hakodate Bus