Sakai Station (堺駅, Sakai-eki) 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".

Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and is 9.8 kilometers (6.1 mi) from the terminus of the line at Nanba.

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.

1	■ Nankai Line	for Wakayamashi and Kansai Airport
2	■ Nankai Line	for Wakayamashi and Kansai Airport

3

■ Nankai Line

for Namba

4

■ Nankai Line

for Namba

Sakai Station layout
Legend
4 3 2 1 ↑Shichidō ↓Minato

«		Service	»
Nankai Main Line (NK11)
Shichidō (NK10)		Local (普通車)		Minato (NK12)
Tengachaya (NK05)		Semi-Express (running only for Namba in the morning on weekdays)		Minato (NK12)
Tengachaya (NK05)		Sub. Express		Hagoromo (NK16)
Tengachaya (NK05)		Airport Express		Hagoromo (NK16)
Tengachaya (NK05)		Express		Hagoromo (NK16)
Limited Express "Rapi:t α" for Kansai Airport: Does not stop at this station
Tengachaya (NK05)		Limited Express "Rapi:t β"		Kishiwada (NK24)
Tengachaya (NK05)		Limited Express "Southern"		Kishiwada (NK24)

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  West gate
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  South gate
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  Platform

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

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)

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.

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

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Sakai Station (Osaka) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)