Sagamihara Station

For the Odakyu station, see Odakyū-Sagamihara Station.

Sagamihara Station (相模原駅, Sagamihara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JH27 Sagamihara Station 相模原駅
South exit of Sagamihara Station, May 2021
General information
Location	1 Sagamihara, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0231 Japan
Coordinates	35.5814°N 139.370531°E / 35.5814; 139.370531
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Yokohama Line
Distance	31.0 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	JH27
Website	Official website
History
Opened	4 April 1941
Passengers
FY2019	29,160 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hashimoto JH28 towards Hachiōji Yokohama Line Rapid Machida JH23 towards Yokohama Yokohama Line Local Yabe JH26 towards Yokohama
Location Sagamihara Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Sagamihara Station Sagamihara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Sagamihara Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa ^[1] and is 31.0 km from the southern terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa.

Station layout

Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.^[1] The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	JH Yokohama Line	for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji
2	JH Yokohama Line	for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna

• 
  North side of the station, October 2012
• 
  Ticket barriers, October 2012
• 
  View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012
• 
  View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012

History

Sagamihara Station before rebuilding, October 1994

Sagamahara Station was opened on 4 April 1941 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in October 1996.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Sagamihara being assigned station number JH27.^[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	26,943[5]
2010	28,079[6]
2015	28,959[7]

Surrounding area

• Sagamihara City Office
• US Army Sagami General Depot

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 週刊JR全駅・全車両基地 No.03 [Weekly All Stations and All Depots No.3]. Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. August 2012. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-02-239099-8.
2. "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
3. Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
5. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
6. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
7. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Sagamihara Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Sagamihara Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)