Sakaori Station

Sakaori Station 酒折駅
File:The whole view of JR East Sakaori Station.JPG Sakaori Station, Sep 2010
Location	Sakaori, Kōfu, Yamanashi （山梨県甲府市酒折） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1926

Sakaori Station (酒折駅, Sakaori-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Sakaori 1-chōme, in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is located rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Sakaori Station was opened on February 11, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 1986. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004. The current station building was completed in February 2006.

Layout

Sakaori Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks.

Platforms

1	■Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Nirasaki, Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2	■Chūō Main Line	sidetrack
3	■Chūō Main Line	for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
JR East
Isawa-onsen		Chūō Main Line		Kōfu

References

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)

External links

• JR East Sakaori Station