Sōen Station

Sōen Station
Sōen Station; 桑園駅
	Sōen Station, April 2009
Location	Nishi 15-chōme, Kita-11-jō, Chūō, Sapporo, Hokkaido; （札幌市中央区北十一条西15丁目）; Japan
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Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hakodate Main Line; Sasshō Line;
Connections	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Bus stop;
Other information
Station code	S02
History
Opened	1924
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	8,830 daily

Sōen Station (桑園駅, Sōen-eki^?) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S02.

Lines

Sōen Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line and also the Sasshō Line (Gakuentoshi Line) from Sapporo.

The elevated station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

1	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Teine, Otaru
2	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Sapporo, Iwamizawa and New Chitose Airport
3	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
4	■ Gakuentoshi Line (Sasshō Line)	for Sapporo

The station opened on 1 June 1924.^[1]

Electric services commenced on the Sasshō Line from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.^[2]