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.
CO42 Sakaori Station 酒折駅 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sakaori Station, September 2010 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Sakaori, Kōfu-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°39′34″N 138°35′57″E / 35.659422°N 138.599208°E
operator = .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 131.2 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 November 1905 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2017 | 2203 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Lines
editSakaori Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 131.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe 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
edit| 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
editSakaori 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
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Furouen - Garden Park of Eternal Life
- iCLA (International College of Liberal Arts)
- Kofu Higashi High School
- Yamanashi Eiwa College
- Yamanashi Gakuin University
- Yamanashi Gakuin Junior College
- Yamanashi Gakuin High School
- Kai Zenkoji Temple
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit