Kitano Station (Tokyo)
Kitano Station (北野駅, Kitano-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan , operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.
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| Location | 335-1 Kochigoshi-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo 192-0911 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keio Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 36.1 km from Shinjuku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KO33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 24, 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 23,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Kitano Station Location within Tokyo  Kitano Station Kitano Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lines
Kitano Station is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines. It is and is located 36.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Keio Line at Shinjuku Station and is a terminus of the Takao Line.
Services
All seven types of train service stop at this station: local, rapid, semi express, express, semi special express, special express trains and Keiō Liner trains.
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 Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae and Shinjuku)
- 3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Chitose-Karasuyama, Meidaimae, Sasazuka and Shinjuku)
- 3 are Local
- 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
- 6 trains to Takao-Sanguchi, of which:
- 3 are Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takao-Sanguchi)
- 3 are Local
The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:
- 12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
- 3 are Special Express from Keiō-Hachiōji
- 3 are Semi-Special Express from Takaosanguchi
- 6 are Local
- 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
- 6 Local trains to Takao-Sanguchi
Station layout
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The station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are for Keiō Line trains bound for Keio Hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takao Station. Tracks 3 and 4 head for Shinjuku Station.
Platforms
| 1,2 | ■ Keiō Line | for Keiō Hachiōji ・ (Keio Takao Line) Takaosanguchi ・(Keio Dobutsuen Line) Tama-Dōbutsu-kōen for Takao |
| 3,4 | ■ Keiō Line | for Chōfu ・ Meidaimae ・ Sasazuka ・ Shinjuku ・ For Toei Shinjuku Line |
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 Express services began calling here following their creation on March 27, 2001.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,006 passengers daily.[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 21,469[2] |
| 2010 | 22,530[3] |
| 2015 | 22,357[4] |
Surrounding area
- Hachiōji city hall Kitano branch office
See also
References
- 1日の駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- 東京都統計年鑑 平成17年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 東京都統計年鑑 平成22年 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 東京都統計年鑑 平成27年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
Media related to Kitano Station (Tokyo) at Wikimedia Commons
- Kitano Station information (in Japanese)