is a railway station on the

Shinano Railway Line The is a railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It connects Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa with Shinonoi Station in Nagano. Overview Before October 1997, the right ...

in the town of

Sakaki, Nagano is a Towns of Japan, town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,025 in 6211 households, and a population density of 280 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Sakaki is located in ...

, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company

Shinano Railway The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in Octob ...

. The station also has a freight terminal operated by the

Japan Freight Railway Company , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

Lines

Sakaki Station is served by the

and is 50.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Karuizawa Station is a railway station in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, operated jointly by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector railway operator Shinano Railway. Lines Kar ...

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 15 August 1888.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 838 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Sakaki Town Hall *

References

External links

* {{Shinano Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Shinano Railway Line Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Sakaki, Nagano