is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

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. It is operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Sakane Station is served by the

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, and is located 3.9 kilometers from the

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of the line at and 10.3 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a waiting room and the station is unattended.

History

Sakane Station was opened on February 10, 1930, with the creation of the Sanshin Line between

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and Bitchū Kōjiro Station. It became part of

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in 1987 when

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was privatized. An enclosed waiting room was constructed in 2004 for the convenience of passengers.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

* Japan National Route 182

References

External links

Sakane Station from JR-Odekake.net
Railway stations in Okayama Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Geibi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Niimi, Okayama {{Okayama-railstation-stub