Sagamihara Station

For the Odakyū station, see Odakyū Sagamihara Station.

Sagamihara Station 相模原駅
South Exit of Sagamihara Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Sagamihara
Ward	Chūō
Neighborhood etc.	Sagamihara 1-1-3
Postal Code	229 - 0031
(in Japanese)	相模原市中央区相模原一丁目1-3
History
Year opened	1941
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line
Statistics	28,185 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Sagamihara Station (相模原駅, Sagamihara-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 31.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

History

Sagamahara Station was opened on April 4, 1941 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1996.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with a two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	Hashimoto, Hachiōji
2	■Yokohama Line	Machida, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama,

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Yabe		Local	Hashimoto

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Sagamihara Station (JR East) (Japanese)