Operated by JR East Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | Passengers (FY2015) 734 daily Opened 1 November 1914 | |
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Location Sakamachi, Murakami-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan Line(s) ■ Uetsu Main Line
■ Yonesaka Line Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=729 Similar Hirakida Station, Nakajō Station, Iwafunemachi Station, Murakami Station, Oguni Station | ||
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Sakamachi Station (坂町駅, Sakamachi-eki) is a railway station in Murakami, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Sakamachi Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is 48.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niitsu Station. It is also a terminus for the 90.7 kilometer Yonesaka Line.
Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
Sakamachi Station opened on 1 November 1914. A new station building was completed in 1963. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 734 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).