is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK56".
Lines Sakaihigashi Station is served by the Nankai Koya Line, and is 11.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 10.3 kilometers from .
Layout The station consists of two island platforms with an elevated station building.
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History Sakaihigashi Station opened on January 30,1898 as . It is one of the stations on the Koya Line with long history as it was the station of origin operated by Koya Railway, the predecessor of the Koya Line. It was renamed to its present name on September 3, 1900.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 60,486 passengers daily.
Surrounding area Public Sakai City Hall Sakai Ward Office Osaka District Court Sakai Branch, Osaka Family Court Sakai Branch, Sakai Summary Court Sakai Tax Office Sakai Post Office (Japan Post Holdings) Japan Post Service Sakai Japan Post Bank Sakai Japan Post Insurance Sakai Sakaihigashi ekimae Post Office (Japan Post Holdings)
Market Takashimaya
Others Nankai Bus Terminal Hochigai Shrine Tadeiyama Kofun
Buses Sakaihigashi-ekimae (Nankai Bus) for Oshoji and -ekimae for Kanaoka for Sakai City Hospital, Sagibashi and Dejima for Kogyo-gakko-mae (Osaka Prefectural Sakai Technology High School), Sagibashi and Dejima for Kogyo-gakko-mae, and for Intex Osaka, Asia & Pacific Trade Center, and Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building Kansai Airport limousine "Sorae" for Kansai Airport for Asaka, and for Oshoji and Ayanocho for Kinryocho and Ayanocho for J-GREEN Sakai for Sakaihama Seaside Stage 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, Odaiba, Tokyo Disneyland and Chiba for Sakai-eki nishiguchi and Takumicho (Sharp Sakai Factory) for Sakaihama Seaside Stage and Sakai-eki nishiguchi for
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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