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Lines on this page

Railway	Line	Linetype
JR Hokkaidō	Chitose	JR railway
	Chitose (Airport branch)	JR railway
	Sekishō	JR railway
	Sekishō (Yūbari branch)	JR railway

JR Hokkaidō 北海道旅客鉄道 Hokkaidō Ryokaku Tetsudō Hokkaido Railway Company

Chitose 千歳線 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Sapporo Muroran
Sapporo City

Opened

1926

Tracks

Double track

Re-routed

1973

Kitahiroshima - Sapporo

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Tomakomai		0.0	Tomakomai-shi	Hokkaidō
Map	Map	Numanohata	JR Hokkaidō: Muroran Hon	8.8	Tomakomai-shi	Hokkaidō
Map	Map	Minami-Chitose	JR Hokkaidō: Chitose (Airport branch), JR Hokkaidō: Sekishō	27.2	Chitose-shi
Map	Map	Chitose		30.2	Chitose-shi
Map	Map	Eniwa		38.2	Eniwa-shi
Map	Map	Kitahiroshima		49.4	Kitahiroshima-shi
Map	Map	Shin-Sapporo	Sapporo-shi: Tōzai	60.3	Sapporo-shi
Map	Map	Shiroishi	JR Hokkaidō: Hakodate Hon	65.4	Sapporo-shi
Map	Map	Sapporo		71.2	Sapporo-shi	Hokkaidō

Traffic pattern

Chitose line is also used:
... by the night trains from Ueno(Tōkyō)/Ōsaka/Aomori. More details in the Muroran line page.
... between Minami-Chitose and Sapporo by the airport trains.. More details in the Airport branch section.

The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 27, 2011

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急	Super Hokuto スーパー北斗	Hakodate - Hakodate line - Oshamanbe - Tomakomai - Sapporo	7	3h00	106 km/h
	Hokuto 北斗	Hakodate - Hakodate line - Oshamanbe - Tomakomai - Sapporo	4	3h29	91 km/h
	Suzuran すずらん	Muroran - Higashi-Muroran - Tomakomai - Sapporo	5	1h38	83 km/h
	Super Oozora	Kushio - Obihiro - Shintoku - Sekishō line - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo	7	3h35	97 km/h
	Super Tokachi	Obihiro - Shintoku - Sekishō line - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo	5	2h26	90 km/h
Local Futsū 普通		Tomakomai - Chitose - Sapporo (some continues on Hakodate line to Teine or Otaru)	19	1h09	62 km/h
		Yūbari - Shin-Yūbari - Oriwake - Sekishō line - Minami-Chitose - Chitose	3	1h23	45 km/h
		Shin-Yūbari - Oriwake - Sekishō line - Minami-Chitose - Chitose	1	1h04	43 km/h
		Oriwake - Sekishō line - Minami-Chitose - Chitose	2	19 min	65 km/h
		Chitose - Sapporo (some continues on Hakodate line to Teine or Otaru)	33	42 min	59 km/h

Chitose (Airport branch) 千歳線「空港線」 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Muroran

Opened

1992

Tracks

Single track

The line serves the main airport on Hokkaidō, the Shin-Chitose-kūkō (New Chitose Airport).
In Sapporo, about every second train continues on the Hakodate line to Otaru. One train per hour becomes LEX Super Kamui and continues to Asahikawa on the Hakodate line in the opposite direction.

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Shin-Chitose-kūkō (Airport)		0.0	Chitose-shi	Hokkaidō
Map	Map	Minami-Chitose	JR Hokkaidō: Chitose, JR Hokkaidō: Sekishō	2.6	Chitose-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 19, 2011

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急	Super Kamui スーパーカムイ	Shin-Chitose Kūkō - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo - Hakodate line - Asahikawa	12	1/hour	2h01	89 km/h
Rapid Kaisoku 快速	Airport エアポート	Shin-Chitose Kūkō - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo - Otaru	26	2/hour	1h12	65 km/h
		Shin-Chitose Kūkō - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo - Teine	1		1h03	52 km/h
		Shin-Chitose Kūkō - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo	19	1/hour	36 min	73 km/h
Local Futsū 普通		Shin-Chitose Kūkō - Minami-Chitose - Sapporo (-Teine/Otaru)	6		50 min	52 km/h

Sekishō 石勝線 1067 mm Non-electric

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Asahikawa Muroran Obihiro

Opened	1981	Minami-Chitose - Oiwake	Opened	1981	Shin-Yubari - Shintoku
Opened	1892	Oiwake - Shin-Yubari (-Yubari)	Tracks	Single track

The line runs together with Nemuro line on the same track between Kami-Ochiai block post (24 km west of Shintoku) and Shintoku. On the way, the lines pass through the 5.790 m long Shin-Karikachi tunnel.

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Minami-Chitose	JR Hokkaidō: Chitose, JR Hokkaidō: Chitose (Airport branch)	0.0	Chitose-shi	Hokkaidō
Map	Map	Oiwake	JR Hokkaidō: Muroran Hon	17.6	Abira-chō
Map	Map	Shin-Yūbari	JR Hokkaidō: Sekishō (Yūbari branch)	43.0	Yūbari-shi
Map	Map	Shintoku	JR Hokkaidō: Nemuro Hon	132.4	Shintoku-chō

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 19, 2011

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急	Super Oozora スーパーおおぞら	Sapporo - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Shintoku - Nemuro line - Obihiro - Kushiro	7	3h46	93 km/h
	Super Tokachi スーパーとかち	Sapporo - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Shintoku - Nemuro line - Obihiro	5	2h33	86 km/h
	Tomamu-Sahoro Ski Express トマムサホロスキーエクスプレス	Sapporo - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Shintoku Ski season only	1	2h18	77 km/h
Local Futsū 普通		Chitose - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari branch - Yūbari	2	1h44	36 km/h
		Chitose - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Shin-Yūbari	1	1h17	36 km/h
		Chitose - Chitose line - Minami-Chitose - Oriwake	3	22 min	56 km/h
		Oriwake - Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari branch - Yūbari	2	1h08	37 km/h
		Tomakomai - Muroran line - Oriwake - Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari branch - Yūbari	1	2h05	37 km/h

Sekishō (Yūbari branch) 石勝線「夕張支線」 1067 mm Non-electric

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Asahikawa Obihiro

Opened	1892
Tracks	Single track

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Shin-Yūbari	JR Hokkaidō: Sekishō	0.0	Yūbari-shi	Hokkaidō
Map	Map	Yūbari		16.1	Yūbari-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 17, 2011

Type	Origin - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Local Futsū 普通	(Chitose/Oiwake -) Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari	9	26 min	37 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 29, 2011