Hokuto

Diesel tilting express curving 319 km around Uchiura Bay past the volcanoes Usu and Komagatake, linking Sapporo with old Hakodate.

Stations

1. 0 kmSapporo +4
2. 44 kmMinami-Chitose +1
3. 71 kmTomakomai
4. 119 kmHorobetsu
5. 128 kmHigashi-Muroran
6. 150 kmDate-Mombetsu
7. 163 kmTōya
8. 203 kmOshamambe
9. 234 kmYakumo
10. 265 kmMori
11. 286 kmŌnuma-Kōen
12. 296 kmShin-Hakodate-Hokuto +1
13. 311 kmGoryōkaku
14. 314 kmHakodate

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3406000 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Hokkaido — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Hokuto?

The Hokuto runs 319 km from Sapporo to Hakodate.

How long does the Hokuto take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 40 min for the 319 km. That is an average of 87 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Hokuto?

JR Hokkaido, with KiHa 261-1000.

How old is the Hokuto?

The line has been in service since 1994. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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