| Sakurai Station | |
| Native Name: | 桜井駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrw |
| Type: | commuter rail station |
| Address: |
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| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.5131°N 135.8467°W |
| Bus Stands: | 4 |
| Parking: | Available |
| Bicycle: | Available |
| Website: | JR West website |
| Rebuilt: | 1995 |
| Electrified: | JR-West: 1980 |
| Pass Year: | 2016 |
| Map Type: | Japan Nara Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Sakurai Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
| Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.[1] Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. Sakurai Station is also served by the Osaka Line of the Kintetsu Railway.
Contactless smart cards including ICOCA (JR-West) and PiTaPa (Surutto KANSAI) are available on both rail systems.
The elevated Kintetsu Osaka Line and the ground JR-West Sakurai Line are connected by a footbridge.
The JR-West station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori on Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The Kintetsu station has two side platforms serving one track each.
Sakurai Station opened on 23 May 1893 as the terminus of the Osaka Railway from Takada Station. The Nara Railway connected to the station on 11 May 1898. In 1900 the Osaka Railway was acquired by the Kansai Railway, and the Nara Railway was likewise acquired by the Kansai Railway in 1905. The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907. On 11 December 1909, the Hatsuse Tramway opens between Sakurai Station and Hatsuse Station; this line was renamed the Hatsuse Railway in 1912 and the Hase Railway in 1915. On 8 January 1928, the Hase Railway was acquired by the Osaka Electric Tramway, which merged with the Sangu Express Railway in 1941 to become the Kansai Express Railway. In 1944, the Kansai Express Railway became part of the Kintetsu Railway. With the privatisation of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the what is now the JR portion of the station became parts of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). A new station building was completed on 10 March 1995, at which the exit gates for the JR and Kintetsu portions of the station were separated.[2] With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
The average daily passenger traffic for the JR portion of the station in fiscal 2020 was 1995 passengers. During discal 2019, the Kintetsu portion of the station was used by 8,435 passengers daily.[3]