is a major junction 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
Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by
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). It opened on 11 August 1889.
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Hachiōji Station information
Retrieved on 21 August 2008.
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.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Hachiōji Station information(JR East)
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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