Samegai Station
CA82 Samegai Station 醒ケ井駅 | |||||
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 Samegai Station in May 2023 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 619 Samegai, Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken 521-0035 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′40″N 136°20′43″E / 35.32778°N 136.34528°E | ||||
| Operated by |  JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 439.8 km (273.3 miles) from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | February 21, 1900 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 358 daily | ||||
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Samegai Station (醒ヶ井駅, Samegai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Lines
[edit]Samegai Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 439.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkaidō line at Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | for Maibara, Kyoto |
| 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Ōgaki, Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokaido Main Line | ||||
| Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Ōmi-Nagaoka | Special Rapid | Maibara | ||
| Ōmi-Nagaoka | New Rapid | Maibara | ||
| Ōmi-Nagaoka | Rapid | Maibara | ||
| Ōmi-Nagaoka | Sectional Rapid | Maibara | ||
| Ōmi-Nagaoka | Local | Maibara | ||
History
[edit]Samegai Station opened on 21 February 1900 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The station came under the aegis of the Central Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated by JR Central in March 2018; Samegai Station was assigned station number CA82.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 358 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Maibara City Samegai Administrative Service Center
- Samegai-juku Museum
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ 令和元年度（2019年度）統計書 第12章 運輸・通信 [Shiga Prefectural Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition) Chapter 12 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
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