260px, Platform 1/2 at Kodaira station, facing north is a junction passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Kodaira Station is served by the 47.5 km

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from in Tokyo to in

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. It is located 22.6 kilometers from the

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of the line at Seibu-Shinjuku. It is also the terminus for the 14.3 kilometer

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to .

Station layout

The station has two

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s serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

History

The station opened on April 16, 1927. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kodaira Station becoming "SS19".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 25th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 38,780 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Kodaira Station has South and North exits. Near the South Exit are the Kodaira

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department store, a public building named Rune, a high school run by the government of Tokyo, and, about 1.75 km away,

Shin-Kodaira Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shin-Kodaira Station is served by the Musashino Line between Fuchūhommachi and Nishi-Funabashi, with some tr ...

on the JR

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. The North Exit is convenient for the Kodaira Metropolitan Cemetery.

References

External links

Kodaira Station information
(Seibu Railway) {{Haijima Line Railway stations in Tokyo Stations of Seibu Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Seibu Shinjuku Line Seibu Haijima Line Kodaira, Tokyo