Kunitachi Station
国立駅
Japan
Preceding station | JR East | Following station | ||
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Tachikawa JC19 towards Ōtsuki | Chūō Line Rapid | Nishi-Kokubunji JC17 towards Tokyo | ||
Tachikawa JC19 towards Hachiōji | Musashino | Shin-Kodaira JM32 towards Ōmiya |
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Kunitachi Station Location within Tokyo Show map of TokyoKunitachi Station Kunitachi Station (Kanto Area) Show map of Kanto AreaKunitachi Station Kunitachi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Kunitachi Station (国立駅, Kunitachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Kunitachi Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid). It is 34.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The station has one elevated side platform (platform 1) and one island platform (platforms 2 and 3), serving a total of three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
1 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Tachikawa, Hachiōji, and Takao |
2/3 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Mitaka, Shinjuku and Tokyo |
- The ticket barriers, October 2015
- The view looking east from the west (Hachioji) end of platform 1, October 2015
- The view looking west from the east (Shinjuku) end of platforms 2 and 3, October 2015
History
Kunitachi Station opened on 1 April 1926.[1] It was named by taking one kanji from the names of the stations of either station adjacent to it at the time (Kokubunji and Tachikawa). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 53,532 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) making it the 67th busiest JR East station.[2]
Surrounding area
- Railway Technical Research Institute
- Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi campus
See also
References
External links
Media related to Kunitachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
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- Tokyo
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- Yotsuya
- Shinjuku
- Nakano
- Kōenji
- Asagaya
- Ogikubo
- Nishi-Ogikubo
- Kichijōji
- Mitaka
- Musashi-Sakai
- Higashi-Koganei
- Musashi-Koganei
- Kokubunji
- Nishi-Kokubunji
- Kunitachi
- Tachikawa (Ōme Line towards Ōme >> )
- Hino
- Toyoda
- Hachiōji
- Nishi-Hachiōji
- Takao
- Sagamiko
- Fujino
- Uenohara
- Shiotsu
- Yanagawa
- Torisawa
- Saruhashi
- Ōtsuki (Fuji Kyuko Line for Kawaguchiko >> )