Sakudaira Station
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Sakudaira Station Tateshina entrance, July 2007
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Location | Sakudaira-eki-higashi, Saku, Nagano (長野県佐久市佐久平駅東) Japan |
Operated by | JR East |
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Opened | 1997 |
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Passengers (FY2010) | 2,664 daily |
Sakudaira Station (佐久平駅 Sakudaira-eki?) is a railway station in Saku, Nagano, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Sakudaira Station is served by the JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed line (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Kanazawa via Nagano, with direct Asama services to and from Tokyo and Nagano, and a small number of limited-stop Hakutaka services to and from Tokyo and Kanazawa. It is also a stop on the Koumi Line.
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks of the Hokuriku Shinkansen. There is also a single side platform served by a single bidirectional track of the Koumi Line. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Shinkansen platform 2, July 2012
The Koumi Line platform, July 2007
The station opened on October 1, 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 2,664 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Asama entrance, July 2007
"Shiawase no Kane" ("Bell of happiness"), beside the Tateshina entrance, July 2012
Coordinates: 36°16′40″N 138°27′52″E / 36.277874°N 138.464341°E