Ranshima Station

Ranshima Station (蘭島駅, Ranshima-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S17.^[1]

S17 Ranshima Station 蘭島駅
Station building, September 2018
General information
Location	Otaru, Hokkaido, Hokkaido Japan
Coordinates	43°11′48″N 140°51′19″E
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Hakodate Main Line
Distance	237.9 km from Hakodate
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Kan'i itaku ticket window
Station code	S17
History
Opened	December 10, 1902 (1902-12-10)
Passengers
FY2013	28 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station Yoichi S18 towards Hakodate Hakodate Main Line Local Shioya S16 towards Asahikawa Rapid Yoichi S18 towards Kutchan Niseko Liner Shioya S16 towards Sapporo
Location

Lines

Ranshima Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and is 237.9 km from the start of the line at Hakodate.^[2]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms connected by an overpass. Kitaca is not available. A Kan'i itaku agent staffs the ticket window and sells some types of tickets.^[3]

Platforms

1	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Yoichi, Kutchan, and Oshamambe
2	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Otaru and Sapporo

History

Ranshima Station opened on 12 December 1902 when the private Hokkaido Railway established a track between it and Shikaribetsu. By 28 June 1903, the track had been extended north from here to Otaru Chūō (now Otaru). By 19 Oct 1904, link ups to the track south of Shikaribetsu had allowed through traffic all the way to Hakodate. After the Hokkaido Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Hakodate Main Line. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.^[2][4] From 1 October 2007, station numbering was introduced on JR Hokkaido lines, with Ranshima Station becoming "S17".^[5]