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Chitose Line
A 721 series EMU on anAirport rapid service at Minami-Chitose Station
Overview
Native name	千歳線
Owner	JR Hokkaido
Locale	Hokkaido
Termini	Numanohata /New Chitose Airport /Minami-Chitose Sapporo
Stations	15
Service
Type	Airport rail link Commuter rail
History
Opened	21 August 1926; 98 years ago (1926-08-21)
Technical
Line length	56.6 km (35.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Double (except Airport branch which is single)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	AC 20 kV 50 Hz withoverhead catenary
Route map

TheChitose Line (千歳線,Chitose-sen) is a railway line inHokkaido operated byHokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), connectingNumanohata,Tomakomai andShiroishi Station inShiroishi-ku, Sapporo, linking theMuroran Main Line andHakodate Main Line. There also is a branch line toNew Chitose Airport.

The line forms part of the trunk route between Sapporo and Southern Hokkaido. As such,Hokuto limited express trains run betweenSapporo andHakodate once every 1 to 2 hours, as well as theSuzuran limited express between Sapporo andMuroran.^[1]

The section between Sapporo andMinami-Chitose is also a part of the trunk route between Sapporo and eastern Hokkaido. TheŌzora andTokachi limited express services toObihiro andKushiro run through.^[1]

The rapid trainsSpecial Rapid Airport andRapid Airport previously ran approximately once every 12 minutes, functioning as theairport rail link betweenNew Chitose Airport Station and Sapporo orOtaru. Since the Chitose Line goes through the most urbanized area in Hokkaido, there are roughly 3 to 4 local train services per hour.

On 16 March 2024, a new rapid service named "Semi-Rapid Airport" plying between Sapporo and New Chitose Airport Station was introduced, operating only during the daytime at two trains per hour. This train stops at Sapporo,Shin-Sapporo and all stations betweenKita-Hiroshima and New Chitose Airport. Since then, no local services operate between Kita-Hiroshima and Chitose during the daytime, and the daytime service frequency of other rapid trains was adjusted to one per hour forSpecial Rapid Airport trains and three per hour forRapid Airport trains. Local services are operated at two trains per hour between Sapporo and Kita-Hiroshima and one train per hour between Chitose and Tomakomai during the daytime.^[2]

There weresleeper trains betweenHonshu andHokkaido, such as theHokutosei,Cassiopeia,Twilight Express, andHamanasu.

Source:^[3]

SRA: Special Rapid Airport

RA: Rapid Airport

SmRA: Semi-Rapid Airport

L: Local

All rapid trains stop at stations signed "+", some at "◌", and all skip stations marked "-".^[4] Local trains stop at most stations but some skip stations signed "◌".

No.	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	SRA	RA	SmRA	L	Transfers	Location (all inHokkaido)
Tomakomai to Numanohata: officiallyMuroran Main Line
H18	Tomakomai	苫小牧	-8.8				+	■Muroran Main Line (forHigashi-Muroran) ■Hidaka Main Line	Tomakomai
Chitose Line (Main Line)
H17	Numanohata	沼ノ端	0.0				+	■Muroran Main Line (forOiwake)	Tomakomai
H16	Uenae	植苗	6.4				◌
H14	Minami-Chitose	南千歳	18.4	+	+	+	+	■ Airport Branch Line ■Sekishō Line	Chitose
H13	Chitose	千歳	21.4	-	+	+	+
H12	Osatsu	長都	24.9	-	-	+	+
H11	Sapporo Beer Teien	サッポロビール庭園	27.1	-	-	+	◌		Eniwa
H10	Eniwa	恵庭	29.4	-	+	+	+
H09	Megumino	恵み野	31.9	-	-	+	+
H08	Shimamatsu	島松	34.1	-	-	+	+
H07	Kitahiroshima	北広島	40.6	-	+	+	+		Kitahiroshima
H06	Kami-Nopporo	上野幌	48.6	-	-	-	+		Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo
H05	Shin-Sapporo	新札幌	51.5	+	+	+	+	Tōzai Line (T19)
H04	Heiwa	平和	54.4	-	-	-	+		Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
Shiroishi to Sapporo: officiallyHakodate Main Line
H03	Shiroishi	白石	56.6	-	◌	-	+	■Hakodate Main Line (forAsahikawa)	Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
H02	Naebo	苗穂	60.2	-	-	-	+		Chūō-ku, Sapporo
01	Sapporo	札幌	62.4	+	+	+	+	■ Hakodate Main Line (forOtaru) ■Sasshō Line (Gakuentoshi Line) Namboku Line (N06) Tōhō Line (H07) Hokkaido Shinkansen (planned)	Kita-ku, Sapporo

• H15Bibi: Closed since 4 March 2017, now a signal base.

• 721 series EMUs
• 731 series EMUs
• 733 series EMUs
• 735 series EMUs

• 
  A 721 series EMU on the Chitose Line, June 2008
• 
  A 731 series EMU on the Chitose Line, July 2006
• 
  A 733 series EMU on the Chitose Line, February 2014
• 
  735 series EMUs, May 2012

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The entire line opened on 21 August 1926.

The Chitose-Eniwa section was double-tracked in September 1965, and extended to Kitahiroshima in September 1966.

The Chitose-Uenae section was double-tracked in 1968, and extended to Numanohata in 1969.

The Shiraishi-Kitahiroshima section was double-tracked in 1973, completing the work to double-track the line.

Chitose Station and its approaches were elevated in 1980, and the line was electrified in association with the opening of the nearby Chitose airport.

The Minami-chitose—Chitose Airport branch opened as an electrified line in 1992.

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