is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

located in Nishi-ku,

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, ...

, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu).

Lines

Sakae Station is served by the Ao Line and is 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 17.1 kilometers from and 17.5 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of two unnumbered ground-level

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

s connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Sakai Station opened on June 15, 1937. It was renamed on October 1, 1952 but reverted to its original name on April 1, 1988.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 669 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Sakuragaoka and Tsukigaoka residential areas * Kobe City Shinkatsu High School.

References

External links

Official website (Kobe Electric Railway)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakae Station (Hyogo) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1937 Railway stations in Kobe