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Sakamachi Station

Sakamachi Station
坂町駅
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Sakamachi Station, August 2013
Location Sakamachi, Murakami-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=729
History
Opened 1 November 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 734 daily
Location
Sakamachi Station is located in Japan
Sakamachi Station
Sakamachi Station
Location within Japan

Sakamachi Station (坂町駅 Sakamachi-eki?) is a railway station in Murakami, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Sakamachi Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is 48.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niitsu Station. It is also a terminus for the 90.7 kilometer Yonesaka Line.

The station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Sakamachi Station opened on 1 November 1914. A new station building was completed in 1963. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 734 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).


Coordinates: 38°7′13.33″N 139°26′49.42″E / 38.1203694°N 139.4470611°E / 38.1203694; 139.4470611


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