Sakamachi Station 坂町駅
Sakamachi Station, August 2013
General information
Location	Sakamachi, Murakami-shi, Niigata-ken 959-3132 Japan
Coordinates	38°7′13.33″N139°26′49.42″E / 38.1203694°N 139.4470611°E /38.1203694; 139.4470611
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■Uetsu Main Line ■Yonesaka Line
Distance	48.0 km fromNiitsu Station
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=729
History
Opened	1 November 1914
Passengers
FY2015	734 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nakajō towardsNiigata Inaho Murakami towardsAkita Hirakida towardsNiitsu Uetsu Main Line Hirabayashi towardsAkita Terminus Yonesaka Line Echigo-Ōshima towardsYonezawa
Location Sakamachi Station Location within Japan

Sakamachi Station (坂町駅,Sakamachi-eki) is a railway station in the city ofMurakami, Niigata, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Sakamachi Station is served by theUetsu Main Line, and is 48.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line atNiitsu Station. It is also aterminus for the 90.7 kilometerYonesaka Line. Services on the Yonesaka Line between here and Imaizumi station have been suspended since summer 2022 due to rainstorm damage. A replacement bus service is currently in operation.

The station consists of twoisland platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Sakamachi Station opened on 1 November 1914. A new station building was completed in 1963. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 717 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

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