Sakai Station Explained

Sakai Station
Native Name:	堺駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	22, Ebisujimachō 3-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu 590-0985
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	34.5817°N 135.469°W
Operator:	Nankai Electric Railway
Line:	Nankai Main Line
Distance:	9.8 km from
Platforms:	2 island platforms
Structure:	Elevated
Code:	NK11
Opened:	(Old station): ^[1] (Current station):
Closed:	(Old station): 1990s
Passengers:	38,758 daily
Pass Year:	2019
Map Type:	Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Sakai Station

is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".^[1]

Lines

Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and is 9.8km (06.1miles) from the terminus of the line at .^[1]

Layout

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks are located on the third level. Ticket gates are located in the center and the south; the center gates are connected with the east and west exits, and the south gates are with the south gate.

Platforms

Surrounding area

East

Station building

PLATPLAT (shopping mall by Nankai Railway)^[2]

Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-ekimae)

West

Hotel Agora Regency Sakai

Portas Sakai

Round 1 (entertainment facility)

Takemoto Piano^[3]

Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki nishiguchi)

South

Shop Nankai

Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki minamiguchi)

Ryujin District

Buses

Sakai-ekimae (Nankai Bus)

for Oshoji and -ekimae

for Hanwa -ekimae and -ekimae

for Shukuin and Higashi-Minato

for Dejima and Sakai City Hospital

for Dejima and Kogyo-gakkko-mae (Osaka Prefectural Sakai Technology High School)

for Intex Osaka, Asia & Pacific Trade Center and Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building

Expressway buses for Shinjuku and Tokyo

Expressway buses for Takeo Onsen, Sasebo and Huis Ten Bosch

Expressway buses for Odawara, Fujisawa, Kamakura, Ofuna and Totsuka

Expressway buses for Kashiwazaki, Nagaoka and Sanjo

Expressway buses for Yokohama, Tokyo Disney Resort, Nishi-Funabashi and Makuhari

Sakai-eki nishiguchi

for J-GREEN Sakai (Nankai Bus)

for Sakaihama Seaside Stage (Nankai Bus)

for Takumicho (Sharp Sakai Factory) (Nankai Bus)

for Hanwa Sakaishi-ekimae (Nankai Bus)

Kansai Airport limousine "Sorae" for Kansai Airport (Nankai Bus)

for (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

Sakai-eki minamiguchi (Nankai Bus)

for Kanaoka

for

for Shukuin and Oshoji

for Dejima and Sakai City Hospital

for Dejima and Kogyo-gakkko-mae (Osaka Prefectural Sakai Technology High School)

History

Sakai Station opened on 15 May 1888. At the time, it was also called . On 20 December 1912 opened between Sakai and Minato stations. The station burned down on July 10, 1945 during American air raids on Sakai in World War II. On 21 April 1955 Sakai Station and Ryujin Station were combined, with the new Sakai Station located on the site of the former Ryujin Station. The tracks were elevated between 1983 and 1985 and the new station building was completed in 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,758 passengers daily.^[4]

References

Web site: ja:堺駅｜南海電鉄. http://www.nankai.co.jp/traffic/station/sakai.html. www.nankai.co.jp. Nankai Electric Railway. 26 February 2017. ja. 28 January 2017.
Web site: ja:アクセス. Access. http://www.platplat.jp/access/. PLATPLAT Official Website. Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.. October 22, 2012. Japanese.
Web site: ja:アクセスマップ. Access map. http://www.takemotopiano.com/access.html. Takemoto Piano Co., Ltd.. October 22, 2012. Japanese.
Web site: https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/attach/3355/00387493/n2020-09-01~31.pdf. ja:大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年 . Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook. 2020. Osaka Prefecture. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2021.