Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station (Japanese: 榊原温泉口駅, Hepburn: Sakakibara-Onsenguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station 榊原温泉口駅 | |||||
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 Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 1526-2 Hakusen-cho Sada, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken 515-2621 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′29″N 136°20′55″E / 34.6747°N 136.3487°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Kintetsu Railway | ||||
| Line(s) |  Osaka Line | ||||
| Distance | 95.4 km from Ōsaka Uehommachi | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | D57 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 19, 1930 | ||||
| Previous names | Sada (until 1965) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 554 daily | ||||
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Lines
editSakakibara-Onsenguchi Station is served by the Osaka Line, and is located 95.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station.[1]
Station layout
editThe station was consists of two opposed side platforms. The station is built on the side of a hill, with the platforms at a higher elevation than the station building.[citation needed]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Osaka Line | for Ise-Nakagawa, Ujiyamada, Kashikojima, and Nagoya |
| 2 | ■ Osaka Line | for Nabari , Yamato-Yagi , Osaka Uehommachi and Osaka Namba |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Osaka Line | ||||
| Higashi-Aoyama | Local | Ōmitsu | ||
| Higashi-Aoyama | Express (including morning westbound trains to become rapid express trains at Nabari) |
Ise-Nakagawa | ||
| Aoyamacho | Rapid Express (eastbond trains only) | Ise-Nakagawa | ||
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History
editSakakibara-Onsenguchi Station opened on November 19, 1930, as Sada Station (佐田駅, Sada-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Osaka Line.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu.[2] The station name was changed to its present name on March 1, 1965.[citation needed] On December 18, 1973, due to failure of an ATS system, a runaway train derailed in the Aoyama Tunnel near this station, with 25 fatalities.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 554 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Sakakibara Onsen
- Hojuyama Daikannon-ji
- Louvre Sculpture Museum
- Tsu City Hakusan Folk Museum
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ a b Kintetsu Company History
- ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kintetsu: Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station (in Japanese)