Hachiōji Station

Hachiōji Station (八王子駅, Hachiōji-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It opened on August 11, 1889.[1]

JC22 JH32
Hachiōji Station

八王子駅
Hachiōji Station north side, April 2014
Location1 Asahichō, Hachiōji-shi, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Platforms3 island platforms
History
Opened11 August 1889
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)84,739 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Takao
JC24
Terminus
 Narita Express Tachikawa
JC19
toward Narita Airport Terminal 1
Ōtsuki
JC32
toward Minami-Otari
 Azusa Tachikawa
JC19
toward Chiba or Tokyo
Ōtsuki
JC32
toward Ryūō
 Kaiji Tachikawa
JC19
toward Tokyo
Ōtsuki
JC32
toward Kawaguchiko
 Fuji Excursion Tachikawa
JC19
toward Shinjuku
Nishi-Hachiōji
JC23
toward Shiojiri
 Chūō Main Line Toyoda
JC21
toward Tachikawa
Terminus Hachioji Tachikawa
JC19
toward Tokyo
Takao
One-way operation
 Chūō Line
     Commuter Special Rapid
Nishi-Hachiōji
JC23
toward Ōtsuki
 Chūō Line
     Chūō Special Rapid
 Toyoda
JC21
toward Tokyo
Chūō Line
     Commuter Rapid
 Toyoda
One-way operation
Chūō Line
     Rapid
 Toyoda
JC21
toward Tokyo
Terminus Musashino Toyoda
JC21
toward Ōmiya
Yokohama Line
     Rapid
Local
 Katakura
JH31
toward Yokohama
Hachikō Line Kita-Hachiōji
toward Takasaki
Platform of Hachiōji Station

Lines

The Chūō Main Line passes through Hachiōji Station, which is 47.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station. The Yokohama Line (to Higashi-Kanagawa) and Hachikō Line (to Komagawa) terminate here. The station is also served by some Sagami Line trains via the Yokohama Line, although the Sagami Line itself does not actually reach Hachiōji.

Keiō Hachiōji Station on the Keio Line is located about 400 metres northeast from here.

Station layout

The station consists of three island platforms serving four tracks with the platforms connected the elevated station building. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Hachiko Line/Kawagoe Line for Haijima, Komagawa, and Kawagoe
2 JC Chūō Line (Rapid) for Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
3 ■   (Used by some up Chuo Line services starting at this station)
4 JC■ Chūō Main Line for Takao, Kōfu, and Matsumoto
5-6 JH Yokohama Line for Hashimoto, Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
■ Sagami Line for Hashimoto, Ebina, and Chigasaki

History

Hachiōji Station opened on 11 August 1889.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 84,739 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fiftieth-busiest station operated by JR East.[3]

The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200080,697[4]
200580,755[5]
201080,219[6]
201181,474[7]
201282,521[8]
201385,191[9]

See also

References
  1. JR East Hachiōji Station information Retrieved on 21 August 2008.(in Japanese)
  2. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 53. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

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