Sakoshi Station (坂越駅, Sakoshi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [1]
Sakoshi Station 坂越駅 | |||||
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 Sakoshi Station in July 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 350 Hamaichi, Akō-shi, Hyōgo-ken 678-0173 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°46′08″N 134°25′03″E / 34.7688°N 134.4174°E | ||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Line(s) |  Akō Line | ||||
| Distance | 7.8 km (4.8 mi) from Aioi | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
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| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 12 December 1951 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 707 daily | ||||
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Lines
editSakoshi Station is served by the Akō Line, and is located 7.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aioi, 28.5 kilometers from Himeji and 116.4 kilometers from Osaka.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single-directional track. The station is staffed.
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West | ||||
| Akō Line | ||||
| Nishi-Aioi | - | Banshū-Akō | ||
History
editSakoshi Station was opened on December 12, 1951. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 707 passengers daily[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Chikusa River
- Ako City Sakakoshi Junior High School
- Ako City Sakoshi Elementary School
- Japan National Route 250
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. Kobe, Japan: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2011. ISBN 9784343006028. OCLC 776109204.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ 兵庫県. "兵庫県統計書". 兵庫県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-25.
External links
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