is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

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, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Sasayamaguchi Station is served by the

Fukuchiyama Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to S ...

, and is located 58.4 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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and one ground-level

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connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

*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

History

Sasayamaguchi Station opened on 25 March 1899 as . It was renamed to its present name on 1 March 1944. With the privatization of the

Japan National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3532 passengers daily

Surrounding area

*former Tannan Town *

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References

External links

Station Official Site
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1899 Tamba-Sasayama {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub