Sakaishi Station | |
Native Name: | 堺市駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-1 Shinonome Nishimachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka- fu 590-0013 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.5772°N 135.4983°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Hanwa Line |
Distance: | 8.8km (05.5miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Code: | JR-R28 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Sakaishi (to 1941); Sakai-Kanaoka (to 1944); Kanaoka (to 1965) |
Passengers: | 12,047 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sakaishi Station |
is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Sakaishi Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located 8.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Sakaishi Station opened on February 2, 1932, as the, also known as the . It was renamed the on August 1, 1941, and to on May 1, 1944. It became Sakaishi Station on May 1, 1965. 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.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Sakaishi being assigned station number JR-R28.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,047 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]