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Ugo Sakai Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Platforms
  
1 island platform

Line(s)
  
■ Ōu Main Line

Opened
  
1904

Ugo-Sakai Station

Location
  
Noda, Kyōwa, Daisen-shi, Akita-ken Japan

Distance
  
271.9 kilometers from Fukushima

Website
  
www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=216

Address
  
Japan, 〒019-2411 Akita Prefecture, Daisen, 協和境野田128−1

Similar
  
Mineyoshikawa Station, Ōbarino Station, Jingūji Station, Kariwano Station, Iizume Station

Ugo-Sakai Station (羽後境駅, Ugo-Sakai-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in Daisen, Akita, Japan, operated by JR East.

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Lines

Ugo-Sakai Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 271.9 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The tracks of the Akita Shinkansen run parallel to the outside of the track on Platform 2.

History

Ugo-Sakai Station opened on August 21, 1904, as Sakai Station (境駅, Sakai-eki). It was renamed Ugo-Sakai Station on July 1, 1919. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in February 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 237 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • Former Kyōwa town hall
  • Kyōwa post office
  • References

    Ugo-Sakai Station Wikipedia