is a railway station in

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, Japan, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Sakudaira Station is served by the JR East

Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...

high-speed line (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen) from to via , with direct '' Asama'' services to and from Tokyo and Nagano, and a small number of limited-stop ''

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'' services to and from Tokyo and Kanazawa. On the Shinkansen line, it is located 164.4 kilometers from

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. It is also a stop on the local service

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and is located 71.5 kilometers from the starting point of that line at

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Station layout

The station has two opposed

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with an elevated station building. There is also a single elevated unnumbered side platform served by the single bidirectional track of the Koumi Line, which cuts diagonally above the Shinkansen platforms, and which is connected to the station building by a passageway. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

File:Sakudaira - Shinkansen Track 2.JPG, Shinkansen platform 2, July 2012 File:Sakudaira-station-KoumiLine-platform.JPG, The Koumi Line platform, July 2007

History

The station opened on October 1, 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,937 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * Saku Chosei Junior & Senior High School File:Sakudaira-station-asama-exit.JPG, Asama entrance, July 2007 File:Sakudaira - Shiawase no Kane.JPG, "Shiawase no Kane" ("Bell of happiness"), beside the Tateshina entrance, July 2012

References

External links

JR East Sakudaira Station
{{Koumi Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Stations of East Japan Railway Company Hokuriku Shinkansen Koumi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997 Saku, Nagano