Samegai Station | |
Native Name: | 醒ケ井駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Central |
Address: | 619 Samegai, Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken 521-0035 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Central |
Line: | Tōkaidō Main Line |
Distance: | 439.8km (273.3miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | February 21, 1900 |
Passengers: | 358 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Samegai Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Samegai Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 439.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkaidō line at .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station is staffed.
Samegai Station opened on 21 February 1900 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The station came under the aegis of the Central Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated by JR Central in March 2018; Samegai Station was assigned station number CA82.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 358 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]