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.

KO33
Kitano Station

北野駅
Kitano Station, March 2008
General information
Location335-1 Kochigoshi-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo 192-0911
Japan
Coordinates35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E / 35.644417°N 139.354639°E / 35.644417; 139.354639
Operated by Keio Corporation
Line(s)
Distance36.1 km from Shinjuku
Platforms2 island platforms
Other information
Station codeKO33
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMarch 24, 1925
Passengers
FY201923,006
Services
Preceding station Following station
Keiō-hachiōji
KO34
Terminus
Keiō Liner Takahatafudō
KO29
towards Shinjuku
Keiō Line
Special Express
Express
Keiō Line
Semi Express
Rapid
Local
Naganuma
KO32
towards Shinjuku
Mejirodai
One-way operation
Takao Line
Mt Takao
Takahatafudō
KO29
towards Shinjuku
Mejirodai
KO50
Takao Line
Special Express
Express
through to Keio Line
Keiō-katakura
KO48
Takao Line
Semi Express
Rapid
Local
Location
Kitano Station is located in Tokyo
Kitano Station
Kitano Station
Location within Tokyo
Kitano Station is located in Japan
Kitano Station
Kitano Station
Kitano Station (Japan)

Lines

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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

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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 Takaosanguchi, of which:
    • 3 are Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takaosanguchi)
    • 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 Takaosanguchi

Station layout

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Kitano Station
Track Layout
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The station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 serve Keiō Line trains bound for Keiō-hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takaosanguchi Station. Tracks 3 and 4 serve trains bound for Shinjuku Station.

Platforms

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1, 2 KO Keiō Line for Keiō-Hachiōji
KO Keiō Takao Line for Takao and Takaosanguchi
3, 4 KO Keiō Line for Chōfu, Meidaimae, Sasazuka, and Shinjuku
KO Keiō Dōbutsuen Line for Tama-Dōbutsukōen (via Takahatafudō)
S Toei Shinjuku Line

History

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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 Takaosanguchi, 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.[citation needed]

Passenger statistics

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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
2005 21,469[2]
2010 22,530[3]
2015 22,357[4]

Surrounding area

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  • Hachiōji city hall Kitano branch office

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1日の駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.[permanent dead link]
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