Sakai Station

Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and is {{convert|9.8|km|sp=us}} from the terminus of the line at {{STN|Nanba|x}}.

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.

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File:Nankai sta west.jpg|West gate

File:Nankai_Sakai_sta_south.jpg|South gate

File:Nankai Sakai sta platform01.jpg|Platform

;East

:Station building

:PLATPLAT (shopping mall by Nankai Railway){{cite web|script-title=ja:アクセス|trans-title=Access|url=http://www.platplat.jp/access/|work=PLATPLAT Official Website|publisher=Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.|accessdate=October 22, 2012|language=Japanese}}

:Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-ekimae)

;West

:Hotel Agora Regency Sakai

:Portas Sakai

:Round 1 (entertainment facility)

:Takemoto Piano{{cite web|script-title=ja:アクセスマップ|trans-title=Access map|url=http://www.takemotopiano.com/access.html|publisher=Takemoto Piano Co., Ltd.|accessdate=October 22, 2012|language=Japanese}}

:Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki nishiguchi)

;South

:Shop Nankai

:Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki minamiguchi)

:Ryujin District

;Sakai-ekimae (Nankai Bus)

:for Oshoji and {{STN|Sakaihigashi|x}}-ekimae

:for Hanwa {{STN|Sakaishi|x}}-ekimae and {{STN|Kawachi-Matsubara|x}}-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 {{STN|Suminoekoen|x}} (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

;Sakai-eki minamiguchi (Nankai Bus)

:for Kanaoka

:for {{STN|Nakamozu|x}}

:for {{STN|Kitanoda|x}}

:for Shukuin and Oshoji

:for Dejima and Sakai City Hospital

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

Sakai Station opened on 15 May 1888. At the time, it was also called {{Nihongo|Azumabashi Station|吾妻橋駅||}}. On 20 December 1912 {{Nihongo|Ryujin Station|龍神駅||}} opened between Sakai and Minato stations. The station burned down on 10 July 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.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,758 passengers daily.{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/attach/3355/00387493/n2020-09-01~31.pdf|script-title=ja:大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年 |trans-title=Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook|year= 2020|publisher= Osaka Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2021}}

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• {{Official website|1=http://www.nankai.co.jp/traffic/station/sakai}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Nankai Main Line}}

Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888

Category:Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture

Category:Sakai, Osaka