Saginomiya Station (Shizuoka)

Saginomiya Station (さぎの宮駅, Saginomiya-eki)is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Enshū Railway.

Saginomiya Station さぎの宮駅
Saginomiya Station in February 2016
General information
Location	Ose-cho 417-2, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-3113 Japan
Coordinates	34°45′26.87″N 137°45′26.81″E
Operated by	Enshū Railway
Line(s)	■ Enshū Railway Line
Distance	6.6 km from Shin-Hamamatsu
Platforms	1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	09
History
Opened	December 6, 1909
Passengers
FY2017	1,138 (daily)
Location Saginomiya Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Saginomiya Station Saginomiya Station (Japan)

Platform

Lines

Saginomiya Station is a station on the Enshū Railway Line and is 6.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Hamamatsu Station.

Station layout

The station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePass smart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Enshū Railway Line	for Shin-Hamamatsu
2	■ Enshū Railway Line	for Hamakita and Nishi-Kajima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Enshū Railway
Enshū Railway Line
Jidōshagakkō Mae		-	Sekishi

Station history

Saginomiya Station was established on December 6, 1909. In October 1972, the station was rebuilt at a new location 100 metres north of its original location, and the next station on the line (the Enshū-Niimiura Station (遠州新村駅) was abolished.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,138 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

The station is in a commercial suburb of Hamamatsu.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Saginomiya Station (Shizuoka) at Wikimedia Commons

• Railway official website