Sakaori Station

Sakaori Station
酒折駅
Sakaori Station, Sep 2010
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
City Kōfu
Neighborhood etc. Sakaori
Coordinates35°39′34″N 138°35′57″E / 35.659422°N 138.599208°ECoordinates: 35°39′34″N 138°35′57″E / 35.659422°N 138.599208°E
Postal code400-0805
(in Japanese)山梨県甲府市酒折
History
Year opened 1926
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
There is a bus stop near this station

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. It is located rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

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.

Layout

Sakaori Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks.

Platforms

1 Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Nirasaki, Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2 Chūō Main Line sidetrack
3 Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

«Service»
JR East
Isawa-onsen   Chūō Main Line   Kōfu

References

External links

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