is a railway station in Hachiōji

Hachioji, Tokyo

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, and is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines of the Keiō Electric Railway. It was built in 1925.

History

The station opened on March 24, 1925 as a stop on the Gyokunan Electric Railway, which was absorbed into the Keio Electric Tramway on December 1, 1926. The Goryō Line opened to Tama-Goryō-mae on March 20, 1931 but was suspended on January 21, 1945.

After the war, on October 1, 1967, Keio Teito Electric Railway opened the Takao Line to Takao-Sanguchi, part of which used the old Goryō Line.
The station was elevated in the early 1990s. Semi Special Expresses began calling here upon their creation on March 27, 2001.

Services

Five types of train services stop at this station: local, rapid, commuter rapid, express, and semi special express. Special express trains do not stop.

Trains run 0445-0050 weekdays and 0450-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

• 9 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae, Shinjuku)
  • 6 are Local

• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 trains to Takao-Sanguchi, of which:
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takao-Sanguchi)
  • 3 are Local

The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:

• 12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 6 are Semi-Special Express
  • 6 are Local
• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 Local trains to Takao-Sanguchi

Station layout

There are four tracks and two elevated island platforms. Tracks 1 and 2 are for Keiō Line trains bound for Keio Hachiōji Station

Keio Hachioji Station

is a railway station in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, and the western terminus of the Keiō Line of the Keiō Electric Railway. It is a five-minute walk from JR's Hachiōji Station....

 and Takao Line trains bound for Takao Station

Takao Station (Tokyo)

is a railway station located in Hachiōji, Tokyo. It services the JR East Chūō Main Line and the Keiō Takao Line. It is the last major station in Tokyo for the westbound Chūō Main Line, and as such, is a turning point for many local and rapid trains on the line...

. Tracks 3 and 4 head for Shinjuku Station

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,...

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