Sasayamaguchi Station

Railway station in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Bus stop

ConstructionStructure typeGround levelAccessibleNoneOther informationStatusStaffedStation code JR-G69 WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 March 1899 (1899-03-25)Previous namesSasayama Station (to 1944)PassengersFY20163532 daily

Location
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Sasayamaguchi Station (篠山口駅, Sasayamaguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

Lines

Sasayamaguchi Station is served by the Fukuchiyama Line, and is located 58.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Amagasaki.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1, 3, 4	■ JR Takarazuka Line	for Sanda, Takarazuka and Ōsaka
1, 3, 4	■ Fukuchiyama Line	for Fukuchiyama and Toyooka

Track 1 is mainly used for the Limited express trains "Kounotori" for Osaka and Shin-Osaka (partly from Track 3). It is also used for the rapid services for Osaka.
Track 3 is mainly used for the trains for Fukuchiyama. It is sometimes used for the trains for Osaka.
Track 4 is mainly used for the regional rapid services for Osaka. It is sometimes used for the local trains for Fukuchiyama. Fukuchiyama-bound trains (except limited express trains) are uncoupled at Track 4 in the evening, uncoupled cars become bound for Osaka.

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Fukuchiyama Line
Minami-Yashiro	Local trains		Tamba-Ōyama
Minami-Yashiro	Regional Rapid Service		Terminus
Minami-Yashiro	Rapid Service		Terminus
Minami-Yashiro	Tambaji Rapid Service		Tamba-Ōyama
Sanda	Limited Express "Konotori"		Kaibara
Japan National Railway (JNR) Sasayama Line (abandoned)
Terminus	-	Sasayama
Sasayama Railway Line (Sasayama Station when abandoned)
Terminus	-	Higashibuki

History

Sasayamaguchi Station opened on 25 March 1899 as Sasayama Station (篠山駅). It was renamed to its present name on 1 March 1944. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Sasayamaguchi being assigned station number JR-G69.^[2]^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3532 passengers daily^[4]

Surrounding area

former Tannan Town
Japan National Route 176

References

^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.