is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, 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). It is the western-most station in the Tokyo Metropolis.

Lines

Oku-Tama Station is the western terminus of the Ōme Line, located 37.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tachikawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one

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 dead-headed tracks. The station is attended.

Platforms

File:JRE-okutama-platform-2009.jpg, The curved island platform. File:Termination of JRE Okutama Station track 1.JPG, Dead end of track 1 File:Termination of JRE Okutama Station track 2.JPG, Dead end of track 2

Holiday Rapid Okutama The is a weekend/holiday rapid service train operated by East Japan Railway Company. It operates on the Chūō Line (Rapid) and the Ōme Line from Shinjuku to Oku-Tama in the morning, and from Oku-Tama to Tokyo in the evening. The related oper ...

trains and irregular trains are departed/arrived from/at Track 2. The departure melodies are Donguri Korokoro, and differ between Track 1 and 2.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1944 as . It was renamed Oku-Tama Station on 1 February 1971. 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 ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Route buses

There are bus stops in Hikawa barn which

Nishi Tokyo Bus is a bus-operating company in western Tama Area, mainly in Hachioji and Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. It has in a subsidiary which once took charge of bus routes in western Hachioji area and Ome area, and expressway bus routes. Although it now belongs ...

has in the front of the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 966 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Okutama Town Hall *

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The river ...

References

External links

* {{Ōme Line Railway stations in Tokyo Ōme Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1944 Okutama, Tokyo