Shinkansen •
Hokkaido Shinkansen: • -
Trunk lines •
Chitose Line: • - • - •
Hakodate Main Line() • - - - - • - - •
Muroran Main Line • - - - • Higashi-Muroran -
Muroran •
Nemuro Main Line • - and - , a total of •
Sekishō Line • Minami-Chitose -
Other lines •
Furano Line • - Asahikawa •
Hidaka Main Line • - •
Sekihoku Main Line • - - •
Sasshō Line • - •
Senmō Main Line • - •
Sōya Main Line • Asahikawa - -
Under construction •
Hokkaido Shinkansen • - scheduled to open in 2038 (as of October 2025)
Former lines These lines were closed under the ownership of JR Hokkaido since 1987. •
Chihoku Line • - 140.0 km (87.0 mi) transferred to
Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway Company on 4 June 1989, then closed on 21 April 2006 •
Esashi Line • - 37.8 km (23.5 mi) transferred to
South Hokkaido Railway Company on 26 March 2016. • Kikonai - 42.1 km (26.2 mi) closed on 12 May 2014. •
Hakodate Main Line branch • - 7.3 km (4.5 mi) closed on 16 May 1994. • • - 18.1 km (11.2 mi) and - 2.7 km (1.7 mi) closed on 13 July 1987. • • - 50.8 km (31.6 mi) closed on 1 February 1988. •
Nayoro Main Line • - 138.1 km (85.8 mi) and - 4.9 km (3.0 mi) closed on 1 May 1989. •
Nemuro Main Line • - 81.7 km (50.8 mi) closed on 1 April 2024. •
Rumoi Main Line • - 16.7 km (10.4 mi) closed on 4 December 2016. •
Ishikari-Numata - Rumoi 35.7 km (22.2 mi) closed on 1 April 2023. • - Ishikari-Numata closed on 1 April 2026. • • - 69.4 km (43.1 mi) and - 47.5 km (29.5 mi) closed on 30 April 1989. •
Shinmei Line • - 121.8 km (75.7 mi) closed on 4 September 1995. •
Tempoku Line • - 148.9 km (92.5 mi) closed on 1 May 1989. • • - 14.5 km (9.0 mi) closed on 25 April 1988. •
Sekishō Line •
Yūbari -
Shin-Yūbari 16.1 km (10.0 mi) closed on 31 March 2019. •
Sasshō Line • - 47.6 km (29.6 mi) closed on 17 April 2020. The company also operated the
Seikan Ferry until 1988.
Former JNR lines closed before JR Hokkaido formation These lines have been closed by JNR in Hokkaido before 1 April 1987. • • - 83.0 km (51.6 mi) and - 7.5 km (4.7 mi) closed on 11 November 1986 • • - 14.9 km (9.3 mi) closed on 1 September 1985 • • - 30.4 km (18.9 mi) closed on 1 July 1985 • • - 19.9 km (12.4 mi) closed on 15 July 1985 • • - 12.8 km (8.0 mi) closed on 1 December 1970 • • - 23.8 km (14.8 mi) closed on 1 April 1985 • • - 48.4 km (30.1 mi) closed on 16 March 1987 • • - 78.3 km (48.7 mi) closed on 23 March 1987 •
Shiranuka Line • - 33.1 km (20.6 mi) closed on 23 October 1983 • • - 34.3 km (21.3 mi) closed on 1 April 1985 •
Temiya Line • - 2.8 km (1.7 mi) closed on 5 November 1985 • • - 82.5 km (51.3 mi) closed on 1 November 1986 •
Yūmō Line • - 121.8 km (75.7 mi) closed on 20 March 1987 •
Sasshō Line • - 34.9 km (21.7 mi) closed on 19 June 1972 == Rolling stock ==