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    Sagamihara Station

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    JH27
    Sagamihara Station

    相模原駅
    South exit of Sagamihara Station, May 2021
    General information
    Location1 Sagamihara, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0231
    Japan
    Coordinates35°34′53″N 139°22′14″E / 35.5814°N 139.370531°E / 35.5814; 139.370531
    Operated by JR East
    Line(s)■ Yokohama Line
    Distance31.0 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
    Platforms2 side platforms
    Connections
    • Bus stop
    Other information
    StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
    Station codeJH27
    WebsiteOfficial website
    History
    Opened4 April 1941
    Passengers
    FY201929,160 daily (boarding passengers)
    Services
    Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
    Hashimoto
    JH28
    towards Hachiōji
    		 Yokohama Line
    Rapid
    		 Machida
    JH23
    towards Yokohama
    Yokohama Line
    Local
    		 Yabe
    JH26
    towards Yokohama
    Location
    Sagamihara Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
    Sagamihara Station
    Sagamihara Station
    Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
    Sagamihara Station is located in Japan
    Sagamihara Station
    Sagamihara Station
    Sagamihara Station (Japan)

    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

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    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

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    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

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    1 JH Yokohama Line for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji
    2 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
    • North side of the station, October 2012
      North side of the station, October 2012
    • Ticket barriers, October 2012
      Ticket barriers, October 2012
    • View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012
      View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012
    • View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012
      View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012

    History

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    Sagamihara Station before rebuilding, October 1994

    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

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    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
    2005 26,943[5]
    2010 28,079[6]
    2015 28,959[7]

    Surrounding area

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    • Sagamihara City Office
    • US Army Sagami General Depot

    See also

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    • List of railway stations in Japan

    References

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    1. ^ 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.
    2. ^ "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.
    3. ^ 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.
    4. ^ 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.
    5. ^ 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.
    6. ^ 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.
    7. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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