Shiroishi Station (JR Hokkaido) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

is a railway station operated by Hokkaido Railway Company

Hokkaido Railway Company

The is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group , and thus often known as . It operates intercity rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a smart card ticketing system, from autumn 2008....

(JR Hokkaido) in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Sapporo, Hokkaido

is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Station structure

Ground-level station　consisting of one side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

(platform 1) and two island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

s (platforms 2/3 and 5/6) serving four tracks, with an additional through track between tracks 3 and 5.
Platforms

1	■	(Not used by regular services)
2	■Hakodate Main Line Hakodate Main Line is a railway line between the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa in Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of the trunk lines operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company .... (up direction)	For Sapporo Sapporo Station is a train station located in Kita-ku and Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is served by Hakodate Main Line and other lines of Hokkaido Railway Company , and is also connected to the Sapporo Subway. The JR Hokkaido part is in Kita-ku while the Sapporo Subway part is in Chūō-ku.Sapporo Station... , Teine Teine Station is a train station in Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Adjacent stations:... , and Otaru Otaru Station is a railway station on the JR Hokkaido Hakodate Main Line. It is located in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Station structure:* 2-way, 4-track, above-ground station.Platforms...
3	■Chitose Line Chitose Line is a railway line in Hokkaidō operated by JR Hokkaidō, between Numanohata, Tomakomai and Shiroishi Station, Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, linking Muroran Main Line and Hakodate Main Line. There also is a branch line to New Chitose Airport.-Basic Data:... (down direction)	For Sapporo, Teine, and Otaru
5	■Chitose Line Chitose Line is a railway line in Hokkaidō operated by JR Hokkaidō, between Numanohata, Tomakomai and Shiroishi Station, Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, linking Muroran Main Line and Hakodate Main Line. There also is a branch line to New Chitose Airport.-Basic Data:... (up direction)	For Chitose Chitose Station Chitose Station is the name of three train stations in Japan:* Chitose Station * Chitose Station * Chitose Station... and Tomakomai Tomakomai Station is a railway station in Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company .-Station layout:* Above-ground station with two platforms serving four tracks....
6	■Hakodate Main Line Hakodate Main Line is a railway line between the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa in Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of the trunk lines operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company .... (down direction)	For Ebetsu Ebetsu Station is a train station in Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Adjacent stations:... , Iwamizawa Iwamizawa Station is a railway station on the JR Hokkaido. It is located in Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Station structure:The station has three platforms serving five tracks.PlatformsOrdinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale.... and Takikawa Takikawa Station is a railway station of Hokkaido Railway Company . It is located in Takikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Station structure:The station has three platforms serving five tracks on the ground level.Platforms...

Ordinary tickets, limited express
Limited express
A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.- Japan :...

tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale between 06:00 and 24:00.

Adjacent stations

Hokkaido Railway Company

Hakodate Main Line

Naebo Station

is a train station in Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...

- Shiroishi Station - Atsubetsu Station

Atsubetsu Station

is a train station in Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...

Chitose Line

Heiwa Station

' is a railway station of Chitose Line located in Hokkaidō, Japan....

- Shiroishi Station

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