is a passenger
railway station
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located in the city of
Ōme, Tokyo
is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 131,895 in 63,917 households, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Ōme is located in ...
, Japan, operated by the
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Lines
Kabe Station is served by the
Ōme Line
The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in western Tokyo, Japan. It links Tachikawa and the Chūō Line with the town of Okutama. Many Chūō Line trains operate via the Ōme Line to Ōme Station, providing non-s ...
, located 15.9 kilometers from the
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
of the line at
Tachikawa Station
is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Tachikawa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is located 37.1 kilometers from the ...
.
Station layout
The station has one
island platform
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serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform. The station is staffed.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 20 February 1927.
It was nationalized in 1944. It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the
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 ...
in 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,417 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*
Meisei University
is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. The school's two campuses are in Hino, Tokyo, Hino (along with the headquarters) and Ōme, Tokyo, Ōme. It also offers Distance education, correspondence courses which it introduced in 1967.
History
The un ...
*Shiofune Kannon
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
*
Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
Kabe Station information(JR East)
{{Ōme Line
Railway stations in Tokyo
Ōme Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
Ōme, Tokyo