is a railway station in Sakurai,

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, Japan. Although the station is on the

Sakurai Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Nara Prefecture. It connects Nara on the Yamatoji Line to Takada on the Wakayama Line, with some services continuing on the Wakayama Line to Ōji Station, and then to JR ...

as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. Sakurai Station is also served by the

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of the

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. Contactless

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including

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(JR-West) and

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(Surutto KANSAI) are available on both rail systems.

Lines

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** Man-yō Mahoroba Line * KintetsuLogo

Layout

The elevated Kintetsu Osaka Line and the ground JR-West Sakurai Line are connected by a footbridge.

JR-West platforms

The JR-West station has one

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and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks.

Kintetsu Railway platforms

The Kintetsu station has two side platforms serving one track each. 近鉄大阪線桜井駅 Sakurai station, Kintetsu Ōsaka line 2011.2.06 - panoramio.jpg, Sakurai Station north entrance in February 2011

External links

Official website (JR-West)
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Lines

Layout

JR-West platforms

Kintetsu Railway platforms

See also

External links