札幌市電 (Sapporo Streetcar)

Sapporo Streetcar makes a complete loop through the city centre and the neighbourhoods south of Odori. This route includes all 24 stops, from Nishi yon chome around to Tanuki koji and back to your starting stop. Increasing station numbers follow the inner, counterclockwise direction. The vehicle portrait is the black-and-white 1100 type, nicknamed Sirius.

A street-level loop

The western side runs through the Nishisen stops toward Ropeway iriguchi and Chuo toshokan mae. The eastern side returns through Yamahana, Susukino and Tanuki koji. Official walking connections link Nishi yon chome with Odori, Chuo kuyakusho mae with Nishi juitchome, Nishi jugo chome with Nishi juhatchome, Seishugakuen mae with Horohira bashi, and Yamahana ku jo with Nakajima koen. Susukino also meets the Namboku Line.

Numbered names with different readings

西8丁目 is にしはっちょうめ, with a small っ. 西線14条 uses じゅうよじょう, while 山鼻19条 uses じゅうくじょう. The long 西線9条旭山公園通 rewards breaking the name into phrases before increasing your speed. Romaji and Kana modes derive their accepted input from the reading; Kanji mode accepts the station name. A full loop types the starting stop again at the finish.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 札幌市電 — all 24 stops of it.

Operator: Sapporo Streetcar
Line symbol: SC
Stations: 24
Shape: Loop line
Termini: No terminus — the loop returns to 西4丁目

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 396 keystrokes, an average of 16.5 per station. The longest name is 西線9条旭山公園通 (nishisen-ku-jo-asahiyama-koen-dori) at 32 keystrokes; the shortest is すすきの (susukino) at 8. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 3 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 17 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 0 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

6 of the 24 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

西4丁目N 南北線 T 東西線 H 東豊線
中央区役所前T 東西線
西15丁目T 東西線
静修学園前N 南北線
山鼻9条N 南北線
すすきのN 南北線

Every station on the line

All 24 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#	No.	Station	Kana	Romaji
1	SC01	西4丁目	にしよんちょうめ	nishi-yon-chome
2	SC02	西8丁目	にしはっちょうめ	nishi-hatchome
3	SC03	中央区役所前	ちゅうおうくやくしょまえ	chuo-kuyakusho-mae
4	SC04	西15丁目	にしじゅうごちょうめ	nishi-jugo-chome
5	SC05	西線6条	にしせんろくじょう	nishisen-roku-jo
6	SC06	西線9条旭山公園通	にしせんくじょうあさひやまこうえんどおり	nishisen-ku-jo-asahiyama-koen-dori
7	SC07	西線11条	にしせんじゅういちじょう	nishisen-juichi-jo
8	SC08	西線14条	にしせんじゅうよじょう	nishisen-juyo-jo
9	SC09	西線16条	にしせんじゅうろくじょう	nishisen-juroku-jo
10	SC10	ロープウェイ入口	ろーぷうぇいいりぐち	ropuwei-iriguchi
11	SC11	電車事業所前	でんしゃじぎょうしょまえ	densha-jigyosho-mae
12	SC12	中央図書館前	ちゅうおうとしょかんまえ	chuo-toshokan-mae
13	SC13	石山通	いしやまどおり	ishiyama-dori
14	SC14	東屯田通	ひがしとんでんどおり	higashi-tonden-dori
15	SC15	幌南小学校前	こうなんしょうがっこうまえ	konan-shogakko-mae
16	SC16	山鼻19条	やまはなじゅうくじょう	yamahana-juku-jo
17	SC17	静修学園前	せいしゅうがくえんまえ	seishu-gakuen-mae
18	SC18	行啓通	ぎょうけいどおり	gyokei-dori
19	SC19	中島公園通	なかじまこうえんどおり	nakajima-koen-dori
20	SC20	山鼻9条	やまはなくじょう	yamahana-ku-jo
21	SC21	東本願寺前	ひがしほんがんじまえ	higashi-honganji-mae
22	SC22	資生館小学校前	しせいかんしょうがっこうまえ	shiseikan-shogakko-mae
23	SC23	すすきの	すすきの	susukino
24	SC24	狸小路	たぬきこうじ	tanuki-koji