is a railway station of the
Chūō Main Line,
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Hatsukari-Shimohatsukari, in the city of
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*Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
*Ōtsuki Station, a railway station in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan
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Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan. The station also has a freight terminal operated by the
Japan Freight Railway Company
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Lines
Hatsukari Station is served by the
Chūō Main Line, and is 93.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at
Tokyo Station
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.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground level
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
Station history
Hatsukari Station was opened on July 9, 1908 as a signal stop on the
Japanese Government Railways
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(JGR) Chūō Main Line. It was elevated to a full station for passenger and freight services on February 10, 1910. The JGR became the JNR (
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
) after the end of World War II. The current station building was completed in October 1951. With the dissolution and
privatization
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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated
turnstile
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s using the
Suica IC Card
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system came into operation from October 16, 2004.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 393 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*former Hatsukari village hall
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
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References
* Miyoshi Kozo. ''Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen''. JT Publishing (2009)
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External links
JR East Hatsukari Station
{{Chūō East Line
Railway stations in Yamanashi Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910
Chūō Main Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Ōtsuki, Yamanashi