Sakaemachi (Hokkaido)

Weekday departures: 157/day · Sat & holiday departures: 139/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:00 / 23:50

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (14)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Toho Line: Shindo higashi

Sakaemachi opened on 2 December 1988 as the northern terminus of the newly built Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōhō Line, when the section from this station to Hōsui-Susukino was placed in service. It is Japan's northernmost subway station and uses the station number H01. Platform-edge sliding doors began operating on 13 August 2016. The island-platform station also contains a three-track stabling yard north of the platform and the 'Sakaemachi Inspection Track' equipped with an inspection pit and tyre-change facility, for occasions when a faulty train cannot be returned to the Nishi depot.

Sakaemachi is the northernmost station among publicly-operated railway lines in Japan and is also the northernmost underground station in Japan. A 'Metro Bunko' library where users could borrow and donate books was installed in 1992 — the first of its kind on the Sapporo subway.