title: Samegai Station
text: # Samegai Station
  
  Samegai Station (醒ヶ井駅, Samegai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Samegai Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 439.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkaidō line at Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | for Maibara, Kyoto |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Ōgaki, Nagoya |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tokaido Main Line |||||
  | Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Ōmi-Nagaoka | Special Rapid | Maibara |
  | Ōmi-Nagaoka | New Rapid | Maibara |
  | Ōmi-Nagaoka | Rapid | Maibara |
  | Ōmi-Nagaoka | Sectional Rapid | Maibara |
  | Ōmi-Nagaoka | Local | Maibara |
  
  ## History
  
  Samegai Station opened on 21 February 1900 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The station came under the aegis of the Central Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.
  
  Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated by JR Central in March 2018; Samegai Station was assigned station number CA82.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 358 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Maibara City Samegai Administrative Service Center
  * Samegai-juku Museum
  