Sakaori Station | |
| Style: | JR East |
| Native Name: | 酒折駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | Sakaori, Kōfu-shi, Yamanashi-ken |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.6594°N 138.5992°Woperator = JR East |
| Line: | Chūō Main Line |
| Distance: | 131.2 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Status: | Staffed |
| Opened: | 25 November 1905 |
| Passengers: | 2203 |
| Pass Year: | FY2017 |
| Map Type: | Japan Yamanashi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Sakaori Station |
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.
Sakaori Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 131.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station consists of one ground level side platform and a one island platform serving three tracks, connected by an underground passage. The station is staffed.
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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]