Hakodate Main Line - Basic Data

Basic Data

• Operators
  • Hokkaido Railway Company (Category 1)
    • Hakodate - Ōnuma-Kōen - Otaru - Asahikawa: 423.1 km
    • Ōnuma - Oshima-Sawara - Mori, "Sawara Line": 35.3 km
    • Nanae - Ōnuma, "Fujishiro Line": Used by down (northbound) trains only

      Officially not recognized as a separate line

  • Japan Freight Railway Company ((Category 2))
    • Goryōkaku - Oshamambe: 108.9 km
    • Naebo - Asahikawa: 134.6 km
    • Ōnuma - Oshima-Sawara - Mori: 35.3 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Tracks:
  • Quadruple: Sapporo - Shiroishi

    Double for Hakodate Main Line, double for Chitose Line trains

  • Triple: Sōen - Sapporo

    Double for Hakodate Main Line, single for Sasshō Line trains

  • Double:
    • Hakodate - Nanae
    • Mori - Washinosu
    • Yamazaki - Kuroiwa
    • Kita-Toyotsu - Oshamambe
    • Otaru - Sōen
    • Shiroishi - Asahikawa
• Electric supply:
  • 20,000 V AC:
    • Hakodate - Goryōkaku
    • Otaru - Asahikawa
  • Other sections are not electrified.
• Railway signalling:
  • Oshamambe - Otaru: Special Automatic (Electronic Signal Verification); a simplified automatic system
  • Other sections: Automatic
• Maximum speed at service: 130 km/h