Sagamihara Station | |
| Style: | JR East |
| Native Name: | 相模原駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 1 Sagamihara, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0231 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.5814°N 139.3705°W |
| Operator: | JR East |
| Line: | Yokohama Line |
| Distance: | 31.0 km from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Code: | JH27 |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Opened: | 4 April 1941 |
| Passengers: | 29,160 daily (boarding passengers) |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Sagamihara Station |
is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Sagamihara Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at [1] and is 31.0 km from the southern terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa.
Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.[1] The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Sagamahara Station was opened on 4 April 1941 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in October 1996.[1]
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Sagamihara being assigned station number JH27.[2] [3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 26,943[5] |
| 2010 | 28,079[6] |
| 2015 | 28,959[7] |