Railway · JR Hokkaido 北海道旅客鉄道 · 4 stations
English name from Japanese Wikipedia (unofficial source).
Operator-wide facts from JR Hokkaido (Hokkaido Railway Company)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.
IC cards work only inside JR Hokkaido's Kitaca area, not on the rest of the network. In the Kitaca area you can use Kitaca, Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca and Hayakaken at the ticket gates. SAPICA (Sapporo's local card) is NOT accepted on JR. A trip must start and end inside one IC area: you cannot ride across areas on the card. The Kitaca area began around Sapporo; JR Hokkaido announced (September 2022) that 20 more stations would join in spring 2024: Hakodate area (Hakodate Main Line Hakodate–Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto: Hakodate, Goryōkaku, Kikyō, Ōnakayama, Nanae, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto) and Asahikawa area (Hakodate Main Line Iwamizawa–Asahikawa: Minenobu to Asahikawa, 14 stations). The exact list of Sapporo-area stations and the actual start date of the expansion were not confirmed on the pages checked. Contactless credit card touch at gates: not confirmed. P
JR北海道Kitacaエリアでは、以下のICカードがお使いいただけます。※SAPICAはお使いいただけません。Many JR Hokkaido stations are unstaffed, and many staffed stations have hours without staff, so help with boarding may need to be arranged in advance: ask at a staffed station or use JR Hokkaido's online form for boarding assistance. Form enquiries are answered on weekdays 9:00–17:50 (not over New Year), so ask on a weekday before a weekend trip; wheelchair-space reservations by form can be made from one month to two days before travel. Telephone enquiries go to the JR Hokkaido telephone information centre (電話案内センター); its number was not shown on the pages checked.
Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. 2 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.
JR北海道 どこ行く？平日パス（どこパス） · JR Hokkaido
¥5,000 Adult, 1 day · ¥8,000 Adult, 2 consecutive weekdays
1 day or 2 consecutive weekdays, only on weekdays 26 Oct – 20 Nov 2026.
秋の乗り放題パス · JR Group
¥7,850 Adult · ¥3,920 Child (6–11) ¥2,617/day
3 consecutive days from the start date chosen when buying.
青春18きっぷ · JR Group (sold by all six JR companies)
¥10,000 3-day ticket (any age, one person) · ¥12,050 5-day ticket (any age, one person) ¥3,333/day
3 or 5 consecutive days from the start date chosen when buying; only one person per ticket. Valid until the last train on the last day.
北海道＆東日本パス（普通列車限定） · JR East and JR Hokkaido
¥11,780 Adult · ¥5,890 Child (6–11) ¥1,683/day
7 consecutive days; valid until the last train on the last day.
大人の休日倶楽部パス（北海道） · JR Hokkaido
¥19,070 Ordinary car (ticket office) · ¥18,070 Ordinary car (Ekinet) ¥3,614/day
5 days. Up to 6 reserved seats.
Hokkaido Rail Pass（北海道レールパス） · JR Hokkaido
¥22,000 Adult, 5 days (pre-purchase) · ¥11,000 Child (6–11), 5 days (pre-purchase) · ¥28,000 Adult, 7 days (pre-purchase) · +9 more ¥4,400/day
5, 7 or 10 consecutive days from the start date you choose.
北海道フリーパス · JR Hokkaido
¥29,000 Ticket office / ticket machine · ¥28,000 Ekinet (online) ¥4,000/day
7 days. Not usable 27 Apr–6 May, 10–19 Aug and 28 Dec–6 Jan.
大人の休日倶楽部パス（東日本・北海道） · JR East and JR Hokkaido
¥29,000 Ordinary car (station / ticket machine) · ¥28,000 Ordinary car (Ekinet) · ¥51,000 Green car (Ekinet only) ¥5,600/day
5 consecutive days. Up to 6 seat reservations included.
ジャパン・レール・パス · JR Group (JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku, JR Kyushu)
¥50,000 Ordinary, 7 days, adult (official web sales) · ¥25,000 Ordinary, 7 days, child 6–11 (official web sales) · ¥80,000 Ordinary, 14 days, adult (official web sales) · +21 more ¥7,143/day
7, 14 or 21 consecutive days from the start date you choose. Child = 6 to 11 years old at the time of use.
Valid only between the stations named; outside that stretch you pay the fare. Stretches marked “unofficial source” come from Wikipedia or travel sites, and “estimated from the official map” ones were read off the issuer's map image, not its text: check the official map before you buy.
In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.
| # | Station | English | Passengers / day (2024) | Guide / other lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 鵡川 むかわ 🗣 | Mukawa | 208 | |
| 2 | 浜厚真 はまあつま 🗣 | Hama-Atsuma | 44 | |
| 3 | 勇払 ゆうふつ 🗣 | Yufutsu | 32 | |
| 4 | 苫小牧 とまこまい 🗣 | Tomakomai | 6,308 | Muroran Main Line |
Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).
Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.