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Sakaori Station

Coordinates: 35°39′34″N 138°35′57″E / 35.659422°N 138.599208°E / 35.659422; 138.599208
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Sakaori Station

酒折駅
Sakaori Station, September 2010
General information
LocationSakaori, Kōfu-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°39′34″N 138°35′57″E / 35.659422°N 138.599208°E / 35.659422; 138.599208 operator = JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Distance131.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 November 1905
Passengers
FY20172203
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kōfu
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towards Shiojiri
Chūō Main Line
Local
Isawa-onsen
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towards Tachikawa
Location
Sakaori Station is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Sakaori Station
Sakaori Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Sakaori Station is located in Japan
Sakaori Station
Sakaori Station
Sakaori Station (Japan)

Sakaori Station (酒折駅, Sakaori-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Sakaori 1-chōme, in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

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Sakaori Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 131.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of one ground level side platform and a one island platform serving three tracks, connected by an underground passage. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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1  Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Nirasaki, and Kobuchizawa
2  Chūō Main Line for express and starting trains
3  Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

History

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Sakaori Station was opened on February 11, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 1986. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004. The current station building was completed in February 2006.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  • Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
  • JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
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