Machida Station (JR East)
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 on the Yokohama Line of East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 (JR East) located in Machida
Machida, Tokyo
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, Tokyo
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The station is located adjacent to Machida Station
Machida Station (Odakyu)
is a railway station on the Odawara Line of Odakyu Electric Railway located in Machida, Tokyo, Japan, adjacent to Machida Station of the JR Yokohama Line.-Platforms:-History:* 1927 - The station opens as Shin-Haramachida Station...

 of the Odakyū Odawara Line.

History

The station was opened as on September 23, 1908 by Yokohama Railway, a predecessor of the Yokohama Line. The station was moved 0.4 km toward Hachiōji and renamed Machida on April 1, 1980.

Ridership

An average of 104,576 passengers a day boarded trains at Machida Station in fiscal 2006. This ranks 30th among all JR East stations.

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