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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Sapporo, Japan Streetcar - 札幌市電 - Length: 7:30 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Riding oldest tram in Sapporo - Length: 1:54 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Sapporo Subway 2018 札幌市営地下鉄 - Length: 4:33 mins. |
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MAP
I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| NY | 西4丁目 (Nishi-Yon-Chōme) | Su | すすきの (Susukino) |
| Ōd | 大通 (Ōdōri) |
ROUTES
Operator: Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
TRAM ROUTE
| IY | 一条・山鼻軌道線 (Ichijō-yamahana-kidōsen) [Ichijō-Yamahana line]: 西4丁目 (Nishi-Yon-Chōme) - 教育大学前 (Kyōiku-Daigaku-mae [Hokkaido University of Education]) - 静修学園前 (Seishūgakuen-mae) - すすきの (Susukino) - 西4丁目 (Nishi-Yon-Chōme) [Loop line, both directions] |
SUBWAY ROUTES
| H | 東豊線 (Tōhō Line) | 栄町 (Sakaemachi) - 元町 (Motomachi) - 札幌駅 (Sapporo Eki [Sapporo Station]) - 大通 (Ōdōri) - 豊平公園 (Toyohira-Kōen) - 福住 (Fukuzumi) |
| N | 南北線 (Nanboku Line) | 麻生 (Asabu) - 北２４条 (Kita 24-jō) - 札幌駅 (Sapporo Eki [Sapporo Station]) - 大通 (Ōdōri) - すすきの (Susukino) - 中の島 (Nakanoshima) - 澄川 (Sumikawa) - 真駒内 (Makomanai) |
| T | 東西線 (Tōzai Line) | 宮の沢 (Miyanosawa) - 琴似 (Kotoni) - 円山公園 (Maruyama Kōen) - 大通 (Ōdori) - 菊水 (Kikusui) - 白石 (Shiroishi) - 新さっぽろ (Shin-Sapporo) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: 9 km.
- Subway: 48 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn tramways: 1 May 1910 - 1918?
- Electric tramways: 1918 - today
- Diesel trams: 1963 -1967
- Metro: 16 Dec. 1971 - today
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1067 mm.
- Metro: Rubber-tired (no rails)
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.1: Tokyo & Northern Japan. Milton Keynes: Light Rail Transit Association, 1983.
- 札幌市電が走る街・今昔 (City quarters through which Sapporo's tramways run - Past and present) Tokyo: JTB, 2012.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Thanks to Tom Stasinski from Sapporo for some corrections of this page.
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