is a junction passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tachikawa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is located 37.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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. It is also a

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for both the

Ōme Line The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in western Tokyo, Japan. It links Tachikawa and the Chūō Line with the town of Okutama. Many Chūō Line trains operate via the Ōme Line to Ōme Station, providing non ...

and

Nambu Line The Nambu Line ( ja, 南武線,) is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo an ...

s. Although the

Itsukaichi Line The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Tokyo, Japan. It links Musashi-Itsukaichi Station in the city of Akiruno with Haijima Station in the city of Akishima. From there, some trains travel through to Tach ...

does not reach Tachikawa, a few trains on that line continue along the Ome Line tracks to serve this station.

Station layout

This station consists of four ground-level

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s serving eight tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office.

Tachikawa-Minami Station is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Lines Tachikawa-Minami Station is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line and is located 5.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kamikitadai Station. Station la ...

and

Tachikawa-Kita Station is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Lines Tachikawa-Kita Station is served by the Tama Toshi Monorail Line and is located from the northern terminus of the line at Kamikitadai Station. Station layout Tachi ...

on the

Tama Toshi Monorail Line The , also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo. Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higash ...

flank Tachikawa Station, and are connected to it by decks. The Lumine department store occupies the upper floors of the station building.

Platforms

Track layout

History

The Kōbu Railway, which later became the Chūō Main Line, opened the station on April 11, 1889. The Ōme Railway (presently the Ōme Line) and the Nambu Railway (presently the Nambu Line) were connected to the station on November 19, 1894, and December 11, 1929, respectively. The

was also connected to the station from July 13, 1930, to October 11, 1944, via a separate track between Tachikawa and Haijima, which was closed following the integration of the operation of the Ōme and Itsukaichi lines under the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Ra ...

in April 1944.Ishino, ''supra'', p. 198, vol. II With the privatization of

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 166,636 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 16th busiest station in the JR East network. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

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Station information
(JR East) {{Navboxes, list1= {{Chuo Line (Rapid) {{Chūō East Line {{Nambu Line {{Ōme Line {{Tokyo transit Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Chūō Main Line Ōme Line Nambu Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Tokyo Tachikawa, Tokyo