is a junction passenger
railway station
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located in the city of
Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan , operated by the private railway operator
Keio Corporation
() is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries.
The name is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railw ...
.
Lines
Kitano Station is a junction of the
Keiō
was a after '' Genji'' and before '' Meiji''. The period spanned the years from May 1865 to October 1868. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* May 1, 1865 (''Genji 2/Keiō 1, 7th day of the 4th month'') : The new era name of ''K ...
and
Takao Lines. It is and is located 36.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Keio Line at
Shinjuku Station
is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...
and is a terminus of the Takao Line.
Services
All seven types of train service stop at this station: local, rapid, semi express, express, semi special express, special express trains and Keiō Liner trains.
Trains run 0445-0050 weekdays and 0450-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:
*9 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
**3 are Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae and Shinjuku)
**3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Chitose-Karasuyama, Meidaimae, Sasazuka and Shinjuku)
**3 are Local
*6 trains to Keiō-hachiōji
*6 trains to Takaosanguchi, of which:
**3 are Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takaosanguchi)
**3 are Local
The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:
*12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
**3 are Special Express from Keiō-hachiōji
**3 are Semi-Special Express from Takaosanguchi
**6 are Local
*6 trains to Keiō-hachiōji
*6 Local trains to Takaosanguchi
Station layout
The station has two elevated
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 ...
s serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 serve Keiō Line trains bound for
Keiō-hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for
Takaosanguchi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It is the main point of railway access to Mount Takao.
Lines
Takaosanguchi Station is the terminus of t ...
. Tracks 3 and 4 serve trains bound for
Shinjuku Station
is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...
.
Platforms
History
The station opened on March 24, 1925 as a stop on the Gyokunan Electric Railway, which was absorbed into the Keio Electric Tramway on December 1, 1926. The Goryō Line opened to Tama-Goryō-mae on March 20, 1931 but was suspended on January 21, 1945. After the war, on October 1, 1967, Keio Teito Electric Railway opened the Takao Line to Takaosanguchi, part of which used the old Goryō Line. The station was elevated in the early 1990s. Semi Special Express services began calling here following their creation on March 27, 2001.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,006 passengers daily.
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
* Hachiōji city hall Kitano branch office
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
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References
External links
Kitano Station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitano Station
Keio Line
Stations of Keio Corporation
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925
Hachiōji, Tokyo