History
Nissen 16-jō Stop (SC09) is on the Sapporo Streetcar Yamahana-nishi Line in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, at the Fukuzumi-Sōen-dōri/Minami-16-jō-dōri intersection. It opened on 23 November 1931 as single-tracked Minami-16-jō Stop, was renamed Nishi-sen 16-jō on 24 March 1950, double-tracked on 5 October 1951, given an approach signal indicator in 1984, had its romanisation updated to Nishisen- on 1 April 2001 and was assigned the stop number SC09 on 1 April 2015. The outbound platform has a turnback crossover on the south side, used by inbound first departures terminating here that then reverse to start the outbound first departure on weekday mornings.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The outbound platform's south-side crossover is used for the morning-rush turnback service; the inbound car comes past its own platform and stops on the main line briefly before backing into the crossover and starting the outbound run.