Tachikawa Station (original) (raw)

Railway station in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

JC19 JN26Tachikawa Station立川駅
Lumine Department Store above Tachikawa Station
General information
Location	2-1-1 Akebono-cho, Tachikawa City, TokyoJapan
Coordinates	35°41′54″N 139°24′50″E / 35.69833°N 139.41389°E / 35.69833; 139.41389
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line JC Chuo Line (Rapid) JN Nambu Line JC Ome Line
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi" )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 April 1889; 135 years ago (1889-04-11)
Passengers
FY2019	166,636 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station HachiōjiJC22towards Minami-Otari Azusa ShinjukuSJKJC05towards Chiba or Tokyo HachiōjiJC22towards Ryūō Kaiji ShinjukuSJKJC05towards Tokyo HachiōjiJC22towards Ōtsuki Fuji Excursion ShinjukuSJKJC05Terminus HinoJC20towards Shiojiri Chūō Main LineLocal Terminus HachiōjiJC22Terminus Hachioji ShinjukuSJKJC05towards Tokyo HachiōjiOne-way operation Chūō LineCommuter Special Rapid KokubunjiJC16towards Tokyo HinoJC20towards Ōtsuki Chūō LineChūō Special Rapid through to Ōme Line Chūō LineŌme Special Rapid HinoJC20towards Ōtsuki Chūō LineCommuter Rapid KokubunjiOne-way operation Chūō LineRapid KunitachiJC18towards Tokyo HinoJC20towards Hachiōji Musashino KunitachiJC18towards Ōmiya HaijimaJC55towards Ōme Ōme ShinjukuSJKJC05towards Tokyo Nishi-TachikawaOne-way operation Ōme LineCommuter Special Rapid through to Chūō Line Nishi-TachikawaJC51towards Ōme Ōme LineŌme Special Rapid Commuter Rapid Nishi-TachikawaJC51towards Oku-Tama Ōme LineRapid Ōme LineLocal Terminus Terminus Nambu LineRapid BubaigawaraJN21towards Kawasaki Nambu LineLocal Nishi-KunitachiJN25towards Kawasaki
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Tachikawa Station (立川駅, Tachikawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tachikawa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is located 37.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also a terminus for both the Ōme Line and Nambu Lines. Although the Itsukaichi Line does not reach Tachikawa, a few trains on that line continue along the Ome Line tracks to serve this station.

This station consists of four ground-level island platforms serving eight tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Tachikawa-Minami Station and Tachikawa-Kita Station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line flank Tachikawa Station, and are connected to it by decks. The Lumine department store occupies the upper floors of the station building.

Track layout around Tachikawa Station[1][2]

Nambu Line to Kawasaki	Chūō Main Lineto Takao, Otsuki, Kofu, Matsumoto
Chūō Main Lineto Shinjuku, Tokyo
Ōme Line to Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama

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.[3]

The Itsukaichi Line 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 in April 1944.[4]

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

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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.[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

• List of railway stations in Japan

1. ^ Suzuki, Fumihiko. "Tetsudō Kakusen no Jittai to Mondai o Genchi ni miru (2) - Nanbu Sen, Ōme Sen, Itsukaichi Sen (2)". The Railway Journal (in Japanese) (March 2000, No. 401). Tetsudō Jānaru Sha: 77.
2. ^ Inoue, Kōji (2009). Haisenryakuzu de Hirogaru Tetsu no Sekai - Rosen o Yomitoku & Tsukuru Hon (in Japanese). Shūwa Shisutemu. p. 139. ISBN 978-4-7980-2200-0.
3. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [_Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR_] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 69, 178, 193. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. ^ Ishino, supra, p. 198, vol. II
5. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
8. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
9. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2015年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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