JH27
Sagamihara Station

相模原駅
South exit of Sagamihara Station, May 2021
General information
Location1 Sagamihara, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0231
Japan
Coordinates35°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
Distance31.0 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeJH27
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened4 April 1941
Passengers
FY201929,160 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hashimoto
JH28
towards Hachiōji
 Yokohama Line
  Rapid
 Machida
JH23
towards Yokohama
Yokohama Line
Local
 Yabe
JH26
towards Yokohama
Location
Sagamihara Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Sagamihara Station
Sagamihara Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Sagamihara Station is located in Japan
Sagamihara Station
Sagamihara Station
Sagamihara Station (Japan)

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

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

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

1 JH Yokohama Line for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji
2 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna

History

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

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 yeardaily average
200526,943[5]
201028,079[6]
201528,959[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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