title: Sagamihara Station
text: # Sagamihara Station
  
  Sagamihara Station (相模原駅, Sagamihara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Sagamihara Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 31.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa and is 31.0 km from the southern terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Sagamihara Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | JH Yokohama Line | for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | JH Yokohama Line | for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna |
  
  * North side of the station, October 2012
  * Ticket barriers, October 2012
  * View from platform 2 looking south, October 2012
  * View from platform 2 looking north, October 2012
  
  ## History
  
  Sagamahara Station was opened on 4 April 1941 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in October 1996.
  
  Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Sagamihara being assigned station number JH27.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
  
  | Fiscal year | daily average |
  | - | - |
  | 2005 | 26,943 |
  | 2010 | 28,079 |
  | 2015 | 28,959 |
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Sagamihara City Office
  * US Army Sagami General Depot
  