Enzan Station (original) (raw)

Railway station in Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

CO37Enzan Station塩山駅
South Exit of the station in August 2022
General information
Location 1720, Enzan-Kamiozo, Kōshū-shi, Yamanashi-kenJapan
Coordinates 35°42′19″N 138°44′04″E / 35.705403°N 138.734578°E / 35.705403; 138.734578
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Distance 116.9 km from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website Official website
History
Opened 11 June 1903; 121 years ago (1903-06-11)
Passengers
2017 2086 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station YamanashishiCO39towards Minami-Otari Azusa ŌtsukiJC32towards Chiba or Tokyo YamanashishiCO39towards Ryūō Kaiji ŌtsukiJC32towards Tokyo Higashi-YamanashiCO38towards Shiojiri Chūō Main LineLocal Katsunuma-budōkyōCO36towards Tachikawa
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Enzan Station (塩山駅, Enzan-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Enzan-Kamioso, in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Enzan Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 116.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

The station consists of one ground level side platform and one ground level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Enzan Station was opened on 11 June 1903 as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line from Hajikano to Kōfu. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2086 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.