Sakurai Station (Nara) (original) (raw)

Railway station in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Sakurai Station桜井駅West Japan Railway Company
commuter rail station
The south entrance of Sakurai Station in January 2008
General information
Location JR-West: 191-1, Sakurai, Sakurai-shi, Nara-ken（奈良県桜井市桜井191-1番地） Kintetsu: 190-2, Sakurai, Sakurai-shi, Nara-ken（奈良県桜井市桜井190-2） Japan
Coordinates 34°30′47″N 135°50′48″E / 34.513142°N 135.846744°E / 34.513142; 135.846744
Owned by West Japan Railway Company West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) Kintetsu Railway
Operated by JR West Koutsu Service Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) U Man-yō Mahoroba Line D Osaka Line
Distance JR-West: 19.7 km (12.2 miles) from NaraKintetsu Railway: 39.8 km (24.7 miles) from Ōsaka-Uehonmachi
Platforms JR-West: 1 side platform and 1 island platformKintetsu Railway: 2 side platforms
Tracks JR-West: 3Kintetsu Railway: 2
Train operators West Japan Railway Company JR-West Kintetsu Railway
Bus stands 4
Connections Bus interchange Kanto Bus / Nara Kotsu Bus Lines: Yamato-gō Shinjuku—Gojō Route at Sakurai-eki (North Exit)Bus interchange Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise / Nara Kotsu Bus Lines: Airport Limousine Kansai Airport—Yamato-Yagi / Takada Route at Sakurai-eki (North Exit)Bus interchange Nara Kotsu Bus Lines: 60, 62, and 63 at Sakurai-eki (North Exit)37 and 71 at Sakurai-eki (South Exit)Bus interchange Sakurai City Community Bus: Hase / Asakuradai Route, Northwestern Circular Route, North Circular Route at Sakurai-eki (North Exit)South Circular Route, Tōnomine Route at Sakurai-eki (South Exit)
Construction
Structure type JR-West: At gradeKintetsu Railway: Elevated
Parking Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bicycle facilities Available
Accessible JR-West: Yes (1 elevator and 1 escalator for the ticket gate, 1 elevator for each platform, and 1 accessible bathroom)Kintetsu Railway: Yes (1 elevator and 1 escalator for each platform, 1 accessible bathroom, and equipped wheelchairs)
Other information
Station code D42
Website JR West websiteKintetsu website
History
Opened JR-West: 23 May 1893 (1893-05-23)Kintetsu Railway: 5 January 1929 (1929-01-05)
Rebuilt 1995
Electrified JR-West: 1980
Passengers
2016 JR-West: 2,043 dailyKintetsu Railway: 17,738 daily
Services Preceding station JR-West Following station U Man-yō Mahoroba Line Kaguyamatoward Wakayama, Ōji, and Takada Miwatoward Nara Kaguyamatoward JR Namba Rapid Service MiwaOne-way Preceding station Kintetsu Railway Following station D Osaka Line Daifukutoward Osaka Uehommachi, Takayasu, and Yamato-Yagi Local Yamato-Asakuratoward Nabari and Haibara Daifukutoward Osaka Uehommachi Suburban Semi-Express Yamato-Asakuratoward Nabari and Haibara Daifukutoward Osaka Uehommachi Semi-Express Yamato-Asakuratoward Nabari and Haibara Yamato-Yagitoward Osaka Uehommachi Express Yamato-Asakuratoward Isuzugawa, Ujiyamada, Aoyamachō, and Nabari Yamato-Yagitoward Osaka Uehommachi Rapid Express Haibaratoward Isuzugawa, Matsusaka, and Aoyamachō
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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.

Contactless smart cards including ICOCA (JR-West) and PiTaPa (Surutto KANSAI) are available on both rail systems.

The elevated Kintetsu Osaka Line and the ground JR-West Sakurai Line are connected by a footbridge.

The JR-West station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori on Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Kintetsu Railway platforms

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The Kintetsu station has two side platforms serving one track each.

Sakurai 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

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The 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]

  1. ^ "Sakurai | Station facilities and services | Travel by Train | Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd". www.kintetsu.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  2. ^ 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](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fbook "Template:Cite book")}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook 2021 Chapter 13: Transportation and Communications - JR Transportation Performance

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