Anayama Station

Anayama Station
穴山駅
Anayama Station
Location 4248-2, Anayama-cho, Nirasaki, Yamanashi
(山梨県韮崎市穴山町4248-2)
Japan
Coordinates 35°45′04″N 138°24′50″E / 35.751092°N 138.413981°E / 35.751092; 138.413981Coordinates: 35°45′04″N 138°24′50″E / 35.751092°N 138.413981°E / 35.751092; 138.413981
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Connections
    History
    Opened 1913
    Traffic
    Passengers (2008) 170 daily

    Anayama Station (穴山駅, Anayama-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Anayama, in the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 154.7 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

    History

    Anayama Station opened on August 1, 1913 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from June 1 1961. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

    Layout

    Anayama Station has a single island platform.

    Platforms

    down Chūō Main Line for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
    up Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Enzan, Ōtsuki and Tachikawa

    Adjacent stations

    Service
    JR East
    Shimpu   Chūō Main Line   Hinoharu

    References

    • Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
    • JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
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