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.
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.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 358 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
Maibara City Samegai Administrative Service Center
^"在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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