Minami-Sakaide Station

Minami-Sakaide Station (南酒出駅, Minami-Sakaide-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Minami-Sakaide Station 南酒出駅
Minami-Sakaide Station in February 2009
General information
Location	Minami-Sakaide Funaoka Kubo 903-1, Naka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-0132 Japan
Coordinates	36.4774°N 140.4986°E / 36.4774; 140.4986
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Suigun Line
Distance	2.5 km from Kami-Sugaya
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	September 1, 1935
Previous names	Hitachi-Sakaide (until 1953)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kami-Sugaya towards Mito Suigun Line Hitachi-Ōta Branch Nukada towards Hitachi-Ōta
Location Minami-Sakaide Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Minami-Sakaide Station Minami-Sakaide Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Minami-Sakaide Station is served by the Hitachi-Ōta Spur Line of the Suigun Line, and is located 2.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the spur line at Kami-Sugaya Station.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, and the station is unattended.

History

Minami-Sakaide Station opened on September 1, 1935 as Hitachi-Sakaide Station (常陸酒出駅). Operations were suspended from August 10, 1941 to February 1, 1953 when the station was renamed to its present name. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• National Route 348

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Minami-Sakaide Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)