title: Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
text: # Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
  
  Shinkawa Station (新川駅, Shinkawa-eki) is a railway station on the Sasshō Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered G04.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Shinkawa Station is served by the Sasshō Line (Gakuen Toshi Line) from Sapporo to Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The station has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles which accept Kitaca, and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Sōen and Sapporo |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Sasshō Line | for Ainosato-Kyōikudai and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 1 November 1986.
  
  Electric services commenced from 1 June 2012, following electrification of the line between Sapporo and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku.
  
  