Sagamihara Station

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Railway station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

JH27
Sagamihara Station

相模原駅

South exit of Sagamihara Station, May 2021

General information
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 / 35.5814; 139.370531
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Yokohama Line
Distance| 31.0 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Connections|

* Bus stop

Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code| JH27
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 4 April 1941
Passengers
FY2019| 29,160 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Hashimoto

JH28

towards Hachiōji

|  | Yokohama Line

Rapid

|  | Machida

JH23

towards Yokohama

| Yokohama Line

Local

|  | Yabe

JH26

towards Yokohama

Location

Sagamihara Station

Location within Kanagawa Prefecture

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Sagamihara Station

Sagamihara Station (Japan)

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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

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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

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2 | JH Yokohama Line  | for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna

* 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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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

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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.

## External links

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Media related to Sagamihara Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Sagamihara Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Yokohama Line

* ((<< For Ofuna) Sakuragichō
* Yokohama)
* Higashi-Kanagawa
* Ōguchi
* Kikuna
* Shin-Yokohama
* Kozukue
* Kamoi
* Nakayama
* Tōkaichiba
* Nagatsuta
* Naruse
* Machida
* Kobuchi
* Fuchinobe
* Yabe
* Sagamihara
* Hashimoto
* Aihara
* Hachiōji-Minamino
* Katakura
* Hachiōji

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