Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station

榊原温泉口駅
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station
General information
Location1526-2 Hakusen-cho Sada, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken 515-2621
Japan
Coordinates34°40′29″N 136°20′55″E / 34.6747°N 136.3487°E / 34.6747; 136.3487
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) Osaka Line
Distance95.4 km from Ōsaka Uehommachi
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
Station codeD57
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedNovember 19, 1930
Previous namesSada (until 1965)
Passengers
FY2019554 daily
Location
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station is located in Mie Prefecture
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station
Location within Mie Prefecture
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station is located in Japan
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station (Japan)
Platforms

Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station (Japanese: 榊原温泉口駅, Hepburn: Sakakibara-Onsenguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station is served by the Osaka Line, and is located 95.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station was consists of two opposed side platforms. The station is built on the side of a hill, with the platforms at a higher elevation than the station building.

Platforms

1 ■ Osaka Line for Ise-Nakagawa, Ujiyamada, Kashikojima, and Nagoya
2 ■ Osaka Line for Nabari , Yamato-Yagi , Osaka Uehommachi and Osaka Namba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Osaka Line
Higashi-Aoyama   Local   Ōmitsu
Higashi-Aoyama   Express
(including morning westbound trains to become rapid express trains at Nabari)		   Ise-Nakagawa
Aoyamacho   Rapid Express (eastbond trains only)   Ise-Nakagawa

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History

Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station opened on November 19, 1930, as Sada Station (佐田駅, Sada-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Osaka Line.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944, to form Kintetsu.[2] The station name was changed to its present name on March 1, 1965. On December 18, 1973, due to failure of an ATS system, a runaway train derailed in the Aoyama Tunnel near this station, with 25 fatalities.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 554 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Sakakibara Onsen
  • Hojuyama Daikannon-ji
  • Louvre Sculpture Museum
  • Tsu City Hakusan Folk Museum

See also

References

  1. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 1 2 Kintetsu Company History
  3. ↑ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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