Sakihana Station
Sakihana Station 咲花駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Sakihana Station, May 2014 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Satori, Gosen-shi, Niigata-ken 959-1615 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°44′06″N 139°17′28″E / 37.7349°N 139.2910°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 155.6 km from Kōriyama | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1961 | ||||||||||||||
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Sakihana Station (咲花駅, Sakihana-eki) is a railway station in the city of Gosen, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Sakihana Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 155.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōriyama.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sakihana_20040905.jpg/220px-Sakihana_20040905.jpg)
The station opened on 1 November 1961. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in April 2014.
Surrounding area
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Sakihana_station_plaza.jpg/220px-Sakihana_station_plaza.jpg)
- Sakihana Onsen
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sakihana Station.
- JR East station information (in Japanese)