Cable Sakamoto Station
Lines. Cable Sakamoto Station is the lower terminus of the Sakamoto Cable, and is 2.0 kilometers from the upper terminus of the line at . It is the longest cable-car route in Japan at 2,025 meters. Station layout. The station consists of a single bay platform, and when it is crowded, the doors on both sides of the train may be opened to drop passengers. The track has a slope of 160 ‰, but the platform is not a slope but a gentle staircase.The station building was built in 1925 and is a two-story Western-style  structure with a ticket office, a waiting room, and a crew waiting room on the first floor and offices on the second floor. The station building received protection by the national government as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2017. History. Cable Sakamoto Station was opened on March 15, 1927 as . Operation were suspended from March 19, 1945 to Augusts 7, 1946. The station was renamed January 15, 1974.