Sakurai Station (桜井駅, Sakurai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.[1] Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. Sakurai Station is also served by the Osaka Line of the Kintetsu Railway.
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| Parking |  Available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | D42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Contactless smart cards including ICOCA (JR-West) and PiTaPa (Surutto KANSAI) are available on both rail systems.
Lines
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editThe elevated Kintetsu Osaka Line and the ground JR-West Sakurai Line are connected by a footbridge.
JR-West platforms
editThe JR-West station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori on Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line | for Ōji, and Takada |
| 2 | ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line | for Nara |
| 3 | ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line | for Nara |
Kintetsu Railway platforms
editThe Kintetsu station has two side platforms serving one track each.
| 1 | ■ Osaka Line | for Haibara and Nabari |
| 2 | ■ Osaka Line | for Osaka Uehommachi |
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Sakurai Station north entrance in February 2011
History
editSakurai Station opened on 23 May 1893 as the terminus of the Osaka Railway from Takada Station. The Nara Railway connected to the station on 11 May 1898. In 1900 the Osaka Railway was acquired by the Kansai Railway, and the Nara Railway was likewise acquired by the Kansai Railway in 1905. The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907. On 11 December 1909, the Hatsuse Tramway opens between Sakurai Station and Hatsuse Station; this line was renamed the Hatsuse Railway in 1912 and the Hase Railway in 1915. On 8 January 1928, the Hase Railway was acquired by the Osaka Electric Tramway, which merged with the Sangu Express Railway in 1941 to become the Kansai Express Railway. In 1944, the Kansai Express Railway became part of the Kintetsu Railway. With the privatisation of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the what is now the JR portion of the station became parts of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). A new station building was completed on 10 March 1995, at which the exit gates for the JR and Kintetsu portions of the station were separated.[2]With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Passenger statistics
editThe average daily passenger traffic for the JR portion of the station in fiscal 2020 was 1995 passengers. During discal 2019, the Kintetsu portion of the station was used by 8,435 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Sakurai City Hall
- Nara Prefectural Sakurai High School
- Nara Prefectural Commercial High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sakurai | Station facilities and services | Travel by Train | Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd". www.kintetsu.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 [Encyclopedia of Station Changes] (in Japanese). Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha, 日本交通公社. (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: JTB. 1998. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. OCLC 41362424.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook 2021 Chapter 13: Transportation and Communications - JR Transportation Performance
External links
edit Media related to Sakurai Station (Nara) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (JR-West) (in Japanese)
- Official website (Kintetsu)
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