Sasago Station

Sasago Station
笹子駅

Sasago Station
Location 1340, Sasago-machi Kuronoda, Ōtsuki, Yamanashi
(山梨県大月市笹子町黒野田1340)
Japan
Coordinates 35°36′15″N 138°49′37″E / 35.604153°N 138.827047°E / 35.604153; 138.827047Coordinates: 35°36′15″N 138°49′37″E / 35.604153°N 138.827047°E / 35.604153; 138.827047
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1903
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 147 daily

Sasago Station (笹子駅 Sasago-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Sasago-Kuronoda, in the city of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 100.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Sasago Station was opened on February 1, 1903 as station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from April 1963. The station has been unattended since March 1985. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Layout

Sasago Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an underpass.

Platforms

1 Chūō Main Line for Enzan, Kōfu, Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2 Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

Service
JR East
Hatsukari   Chūō Main Line   Kai-Yamato

References

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