is a railway station of the

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(JR East) in Kamikanogawa, in the city of Yamanashi,

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...

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Lines

Yamanashishi Station is served by the

, and is 122.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

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Station layout

The station consists of one

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and one

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serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Yamanashishi Station opened on 11 June 1903 as on the

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(JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (

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) after the end of World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on January 15, 1962. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 15, 1982. With the dissolution and

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated

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s using the

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system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1788 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Buses

Fruit Center
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Name	Via	Destination	Company	Note
''Nishizawa Keikoku Line''	Erin-ji , is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the clan temple of the Takeda clan, noted Sengoku period warlords and rulers of Kai Provi ...	Nishizawa Keikoku ( Lake Hirose・ Kobushigatake)	Yamanashi Municipal Bus
''Nishizawa Keikoku Line''	Non stop	Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
'' The Direction of South Circle Line''	Non stop	Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
	Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū	Yamanashi-shi Station
	Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū・Ōno
	Kyū Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital・Odaya
	Shōtokuji・Odaya・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
	Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Higashi Yashiki・ Higashi-Yamanashi Station	Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
	Non stop	Yamanashi City Hall
'' The Direction of North Circle Line''	Yamanashi City Hall・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi	Toichi
	Yamanashi City Hall・ Higashi-Yamanashi Station・Shitikaichiba・Fujiniki Danchi	Yamanashi-shi Station
	Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi・Esohara	Yamanashi-shi Station
	Yamanashi City Hall	Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
''Fuefukigawa Fruit Park Line''	Fruit Park

Surrounding area

*Yamanashi High School *Fuefuki River

References

* Miyoshi Kozo. ''Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen''. JT Publishing (2009) *

External links

JR East Yamanashishi Station
{{Chūō East Line Railway stations in Yamanashi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1903 Chūō Main Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Yamanashi, Yamanashi