Sakai Station

Sakai Station (堺駅) is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".

Lines
Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and is 9.8 km from the terminus of the line at Nanba.

Layout
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.

Surrounding area

 * East
 * Station building
 * PLATPLAT (shopping mall by Nankai Railway)
 * Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-ekimae)


 * West
 * Hotel Agora Regency Sakai
 * Portas Sakai
 * Round 1 (entertainment facility)
 * Takemoto Piano
 * Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki nishiguchi)


 * South
 * Shop Nankai
 * Nankai Bus Terminal (Sakai-eki minamiguchi)
 * Ryujin District

Buses

 * Sakai-ekimae (Nankai Bus)
 * for Oshoji and Sakaihigashi-ekimae
 * for Hanwa Sakaishi-ekimae and Kawachi-Matsubara-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 Suminoekoen (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)


 * Sakai-eki minamiguchi (Nankai Bus)
 * for Kanaoka
 * for Nakamozu
 * for Kitanoda
 * for Shukuin and Oshoji
 * for Dejima and Sakai City Hospital
 * for Dejima and Kogyo-gakkko-mae (Osaka Prefectural Sakai Technology High School)

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

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,758 passengers daily.