Sako Station

Sako Station is served by both the Tokushima Line and the Kōtoku Line. On the Tokushima Line, the station is considered the official terminus and is located 67.5 km from the opposing terminus at {{STN|Tsukuda|x|Tokushima}}. Both the local and limited express services of the Tokushima Line run on to {{STN|Tokushima|x}} but this latter station is not considered part of the line and it does not bear a station number with the "B" prefix.

On the Kōtoku Line, the station is 73.1 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.

Only trains from the local services of the Tokushima and Kōtoku Lines stop at Sako. In addition, although {{STN|Ikenotani|x}} is the official start point of the Naruto Line, many of the trains of its local service begin and end at {{STN|Tokushima|x}}. These trains also stop at Sako.{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/sako.pdf|title=Sako Station Timetable|publisher=JR Shikoku|access-date=1 February 2018}}

The station consists of an island platform serving 2 elevated tracks. A waiting area, kiosk and a JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility) located on the 1st level of the station.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/02_information/warp/pdf/station_open.pdf|title=JR四国の駅 窓口営業時間一覧|trans-title=JR Shikoku station ticket window opening hours list|date=28 November 2017|access-date=1 February 2018| publisher = JR Shikoku}} Steps and an elevator provide access to the island platform at the second level. Parking for bicycles is available under the elevated tracks.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/koutoku/station/0270_sako.htm|title=佐古|trans-title=Sako|access-date=1 February 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shikoku.org.uk/JR/LINE/koutoku/SAKO.htm|title=佐古駅|trans-title=Sako Station|access-date=1 February 2018|website=shikoku.org.uk}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951609|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku|language=ja|pages=37, 69, 84}}

{{jpfm|pfn=1|first=2|name= Tokushima Line|symbol={{ric|JR Shikoku|Tokushima}}|lwidth=200|dir=for {{STN|Anabuki|x}} and {{STN|Awa-Ikeda|x}}
for {{STN|Tokushima|x}} and {{STN|Anan|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=2|first=3|name= Kōtoku Line (Naruto Line)|symbol={{ric|JR Shikoku|Kotoku}}|dir=for Tokushima and Anan
for {{STN|Itano|x}}, {{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}} and {{STN|Naruto|x}}}}

File:JRShikoku-Sako-station-platform-20100803.jpg|A view of the island platform looking in the direction of {{STN|Yoshinari|x}}.

The station was opened Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on 20 March 1935 as an added station on the existing Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line and Sako was designated as the official terminus.{{Teishajo|II|651, 654}}{{Teishajo|I|215-216}}

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 856 passengers daily{{cite web|url=https://www.city.tokushima.tokushima.jp/shisei/toukei_johou/toukei_chosa/toukei_nenpou/nennpou2021.html|script-title=ja:令和3年版　徳島市統計年報 |trans-title= Reiwa 3rd Year Edition Tokushima City Statistics Annual Report|year= 2021|publisher= Tokushima city|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 4 July 2022}}

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• [https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/sako.pdf JR Shikoku timetable]

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