is a railway station in Hachiōji

Hachioji, Tokyo

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, and the western terminus of the Keiō Line of the Keiō Electric Railway. It is a five-minute walk from JR

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's Hachiōji Station

Hachioji Station

is a railway station in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company . It opened on August 11, 1889.-Lines:The Chūō Main Line passes through Hachiōji Station. The Yokohama Line and Hachikō Line terminate here...

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Originally named Higashi-Hachiōji Station, the station on the Gyokunan Electric Railway (玉南電気鉄道) opened in 1925. The services between Hachiōji and Shinjuku

Shinjuku Station

is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and metro lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007,...

began in 1928, following the merger of the Gyokunan and Keiō railways. The station was renamed in 1963 and moved to its present underground location on 2 April 1989.

Service patterns

Trains run 0455-0040 every day. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

• 6 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 3 are Special Expresses (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae, Shinjuku)
  • 3 are Local (but connect with Semi Special Expresses at Kitano)
• 3 Local trains to Kitano (connecting with Local trains to Shinjuku there)

The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is 6 trains to Shinjuku, of which:

• 3 are Semi-Special Expresses (Kitano, Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae, Shinjuku)
• 3 are Local (but connect with Semi Special Expresses at Kitano)

Adjacent stations