is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of

Ōme, Tokyo is a Cities of Japan, city located in the Western Tokyo, western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 131,128, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Ge ...

, Japan, operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Ōme Station is served by 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 a ...

, located 18.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tachikawa Station.

Station layout

The station has two

island platforms An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single railway platform, platform is positioned between two railway track, tracks within a railway station, ...

serving four tracks, with a station building connected to the platforms by an underground passage. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

'' staffed ticket office. The theme song from '' Himitsu no Akko-chan'' is used as a departure melody.

Platforms

History

Ōme Station opened on 19 November 1894. It was nationalized in 1944. 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 pre ...

in 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,349 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Ome Railway Park

References

External links

JR East Station information
(JR East) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ome Station Railway stations in Tokyo Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1894 Ōme, Tokyo