Sayo Station

Railway station in Sayō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Sayo Station

佐用駅

Sayo Station, October 2008

General information
Location| 382-3 Sayō, Sayō-chō, Sayō-gun, Hyōgo-ken 679-5301
Japan
Coordinates| 35°00′14″N 134°21′24″E﻿ / ﻿35.0038°N 134.3568°E﻿ / 35.0038; 134.3568
Operated by|

* West Japan Railway Company
* Chizu Express

Line(s)|

* Kishin Line
* ■ Chizu Express Chizu Line

Distance| 45.9 km (28.5 miles) from Himeji
Platforms| 2 island platforms
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
History
Opened| 30 July 1935; 89 years ago (1935-07-30)
Passengers
FY2019| 450 daily

Location

Sayo Station

Location within Hyōgo Prefecture

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Sayo Station

Sayo Station (Japan)

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Station platforms and train, 2019

Sayo Station (佐用駅, Sayo-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the town of Sayō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator Chizu Express.[1]

## Lines

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Sayo Station is served by the JR West Kishin Line and is 45.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Himeji. It is also served by the Chizu Express Chizu Line, and is 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kamigōri.

## Station layout

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The station consists of two island platforms connected by an underground passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

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1 | ■  Kishin Line  | for Tsuyama

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2 | ■  Kishin Line  | for Himeji
3 | ■ Chizu Line  | for Chizu, Tottori and Kurayoshi
4 | ■ Chizu Line  | for Kamigori, Osaka, Kyoto and Okayama

## Adjacent stations

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« | Service  | »

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Kishin Line
Harima-Tokusa |   | Local  |   | Kōzuki
Chizu Express Chizu Line
Kuzaki |   | Local  |   | Hirafuku
Kamigori  |   | Limited Express Super Hakuto |   | Ohara
Kamigori |   | Limited Express Super Inaba |   | Ohara

## History

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Sayo Station opened on 30 July 1935.[2]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 450 passengers daily.[3]

## Surrounding area

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* Sayo Town Hall
* Hyogo Prefectural Sayo High School
* Sayo Municipal Sayo Elementary School

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 66\. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
3. ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station \- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sayo Station.

* JR West station information (in Japanese)
* Chizu Express station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the JR West Kishin Line

* Himeji
* Harima-Takaoka
* Yobe
* Ōichi
* Hon-Tatsuno
* Higashi-Hashisaki
* Harima-Shingū
* Sembon
* Nishi-Kurisu
* Mikazuki
* Harima-Tokusa
* Sayo
* Kōzuki
* Mimasaka-Doi
* Mimasaka-Emi
* Narahara
* Hayashino
* Katsumada
* Nishi-Katsumada
* Mimasaka-Ōsaki
* Higashi-Tsuyama
* Tsuyama
* Innoshō
* Mimasaka-Sendai
* Tsuboi
* Mimasaka-Oiwake
* Mimasaka-Ochiai
* Komi
* Kuse
* Chūgoku-Katsuyama
* Tsukida
* Tomihara
* Osakabe
* Tajibe
* Iwayama
* Niimi

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Stations of the Chizu Express

* Kamigōri
* Kokenawa
* Kōnohara-Enshin
* Kuzaki
* Sayo
* Hirafuku
* Ishii
* Miyamoto Musashi
* Ōhara
* Nishi-Awakura
* Awakura-Onsen
* Yamasato
* Koi-Yamagata
* Chizu

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