is a railway station on the

Keio Inokashira Line The is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation in the western suburbs of Tokyo, connecting in Tokyo with in Musashino City. It is not physically connected to the Keio Main Line Network, but a transfe ...

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, 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

Kugayama Station is served by the 12.7 km

from in Tokyo to . Located between and , it is 10.2 km from the Shibuya terminus.

Service pattern

Limited-stop "Express" and all-stations "Local" services stop at this station. During the daytime, there are eight "Express" and eight "Local" services per hour in either direction.

Station layout

The station consists of a 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 ...

serving two tracks. The station has an above-track station building, completed in 2005. The station previously had a ground-level station building at the north exit, connected by an underground passageway.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 August 1933. From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Kugayama Station becoming "IN14". 13 August 2018,Torrential rain flooded the escalators at Kugayama Station, rendering them unusable.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 36,633 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

Kugayama Station information
(Keio) {{Coord, 35.6880, N, 139.5990, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933