The is a

rubber-tyred metro A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road transport, road and rail transport, rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on a roll way inside guide bars for tr ...

line in

Sapporo is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...

Hokkaido is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...

, Japan. It is part of the

Sapporo Municipal Subway The is a mostly-underground rubber-tyred rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, it is the only subway system on the island of Hokkaido. Lines The system consists of three lines: ...

system. Its name literally means ''South-North Line'', and it runs from

Asabu Station is a railway station on the Namboku Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Sapporo Municipal Subway The is a mostly-underground rubber-tyred rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Operated by the Sapporo Ci ...

in Kita-ku to

Makomanai Station Makomanai Station (真駒内駅) is a rapid transit station in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is N16. It is the south terminus of the Namboku Line. The Makomanai Park is about 10 minutes by bus, or 20 minutes walking di ...

in Minami-ku. The Namboku Line color on maps is green, and its stations carry the letter "N" followed by a number.

Station list

* All stations are located in

History

* 16 December 1971: Kita-Nijūyo-Jō – Makomanai section opens; 1000 series trains introduced. * 16 March 1978: Kita-Nijūyo-Jō – Asabu section opens; all trains operated as 8-car sets. * 1 October 1978: 3000 series trains introduced. * 14 October 1994: Reien-Mae Station renamed Minami-Hiragishi Station. * September 1995: 5000 series trains introduced. * 27 June 1999: 1000/2000 series trains withdrawn. * 18 August 2008: Women-only cars introduced on trial basis (until September 12, 2008). * 15 December 2008: "Women and Children Comfort Car" introduced. * 30 January 2009:

SAPICA is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (SCTB) introduced the system from January 30, 2009. The name of the card means "Sapporo's IC card". is also the ...

contactless smart card A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit card size. Its embedded integrated circuits can store (and sometimes process) data and communicate with a terminal via NFC. Commonplace uses include transit ticket ...

introduced. * 2023: Line reports 219,400 daily riders, roughly 95% of 2019 totals

Future developments

Platform edge doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail sy ...

are scheduled to be installed on all stations by 2014.

References

External links

Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
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