Kunitachi Station
JC18 Kunitachi Station 国立駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 The north entrance and station forecourt in October 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Shinjitai | 国立駅 | |||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 國立驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | くにたちえき | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-14-22 Kita, Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1926 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 53,532 | |||||||||||||||
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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
terminus
of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The station has one elevated
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 |
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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
- ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Kunitachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)