is a passenger

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located in Chūō-ku in the city of

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

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, and is operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Sagamihara Station is served by the

Yokohama Line The Yokohama Line () is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as t ...

, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the

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of the line at and is 31.0 km from the southern terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa.

Station layout

Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s serving two tracks. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

File:Sagamihara Station north entrance 20121031.JPG, North side of the station, October 2012 File:Sagamihara Station ticket barriers 20121031.JPG, Ticket barriers, October 2012 File:Sagamihara Station platform 2 north 20121031.JPG, View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012 File:Sagamihara Station platform 2 south 20121031.JPG, View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012

History

Sagamahara Station was opened on 4 April 1941 as a station on the

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(JGR). The JGR became the

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) after

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. With the

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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.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...

was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Sagamihara being assigned station number JH27.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Sagamihara City Office * US Army

Sagami General Depot is a United States Army post located in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about southwest of Tokyo. Depot Sagami General Depot is located in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. ...

References

External links

Sagamihara Station information
(JR East) {{Yokohama Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1941 Railway stations in Sagamihara Yokohama Line