is a major junction passenger

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located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by

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(JR East). It opened on 11 August 1889.JR Eas
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Lines

The

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

passes through Hachiōji Station, which is 47.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

. The Yokohama Line (to Higashi-Kanagawa) and

Hachikō Line The is a 92.0 km (57.2 mi) regional railway line owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located within Tokyo, Saitama, and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. It connects Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo w ...

(to Komagawa) terminate here. Keiō Hachiōji Station on the Keiō Line is located about 400 metres northeast from here.

Station layout

The station consists of three

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 the platforms connected the elevated station building. 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.

Platforms

History

Hachiōji Station opened on 11 August 1889. With the privatization of

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 ...

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

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...

was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Hachioji being assigned station numbers JC22 for the Chuo Line and JH32 for the Yokohama Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 83,565 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

Hachiōji Station information
(JR East) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hachioji Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Railway stations in Tokyo Chūō Main Line Hachikō Line Yokohama Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Hachiōji, Tokyo