Sagamihara Station
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JH27 Sagamihara Station 相模原駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 South exit of Sagamihara Station, May 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Sagamihara, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0231 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°34′53″N 139°22′14″E / 35.5814°N 139.370531°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Yokohama Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 31.0 km from Higashi-Kanagawa | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JH27 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 April 1941 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 29,160 daily (boarding passengers) | ||||||||||||||
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Sagamihara Station (相模原駅, Sagamihara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Sagamihara Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa [1] and is 31.0 km from the southern terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa.
Station layout
[edit]Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.[1] The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | JH Yokohama Line | for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji |
| 2 | JH Yokohama Line | for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna |
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North side of the station, October 2012 -
Ticket barriers, October 2012 -
View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012 -
View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012
History
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Sagamahara Station was opened on 4 April 1941 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in October 1996.[1]
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Sagamihara being assigned station number JH27.[2][3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 26,943[5] |
| 2010 | 28,079[6] |
| 2015 | 28,959[7] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Sagamihara City Office
- US Army Sagami General Depot
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 週刊JR全駅・全車両基地 No.03 [Weekly All Stations and All Depots No.3]. Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. August 2012. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-02-239099-8.
- ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Sagamihara Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sagamihara Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)