Kunitachi Station
Kunitachi Station (国立駅, Kunitachi-eki) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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| Location | 1-14-22 Kita, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo （東京都国立市北一丁目14-22） Japan | |||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Chuo Line (Rapid) | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 34.5 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | Kunitachi | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1926 | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (FY2014) | 52518 | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
Kunitachi Station is served by the Chuo Line (Rapid). It is 34.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The station has one elevated side platform (platform 1) and one island platform (platforms 2 and 3), serving a total of three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | JC Chuo Line (Rapid) | for Tachikawa, Hachiōji, and Takao |
| 2/3 | JC Chuo Line (Rapid) | for Mitaka, Shinjuku and Tokyo |
The ticket barriers, October 2015
The view looking east from the west (Hachioji) end of platform 1, October 2015
The view looking west from the east (Shinjuku) end of platforms 2 and 3, October 2015
History
The south side of the station in 2006 before rebuilding
Kunitachi Station opened on 1 April 1926.[1] 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 52,518 passengers (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
- Railway Technical Research Institute
- Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi campus
See also
References
- 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 52. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
External links
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- JR East station information (in Japanese)
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