Oku-Tama Station

Oku-Tama Station (奥多摩駅, Oku-Tama-eki) is a railway station in Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JC74
Oku-Tama Station

奥多摩駅
Oku-Tama Station in January 2008
Location210 Hikawa, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°48′32.8572″N 139°5′47.81″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JC Ōme Line
Distance37.2 km from Tachikawa
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
Station codeJC74
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 July 1944
Previous namesHikawa Station (until 1971)
Passengers
FY2014892
Location
Oku-Tama Station
Location within Tokyo
Oku-Tama Station
Oku-Tama Station (Japan)

Lines

Oku-Tama Station is the western terminus of the Ōme Line, located 37.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tachikawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one island platform serving two dead-headed tracks.

Platforms
1-2 JC Ōme Line for Ōme, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
  • The curved island platform.
  • Dead end of track 1
  • Dead end of track 2

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Ōme Line JC74
Mitake JC69   Holiday Rapid Okutama   Terminus
Shiromaru JC73   Rapid   Terminus
Shiromaru JC73 Local Terminus

History

The station opened on 1 July 1944 as Hikawa Station (氷川駅). It was renamed Oku-Tama Station on 1 February 1971. It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Route buses

There are busstops in Hikawa barn which Nishi Tokyo Bus has in the front of the station.

Busstop No Via Destination Company Note
1 [奥20] Kawanori-bashi Nippara Shōnyūdō Nishi Tokyo Bus Runs only on weekdays for Nippara Shōnyūdō
[奥21系統] Higashi-Nippara
2 [奥09] Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi Kamozawa-nishi
[奥10] Tabayama
[奥11] Tozura
[奥12] Kosuge-no-Yu
[奥12] Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi・Mount Daibosatsu Higashiguchi Kosuge-no-Yu
[奥14] Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi Mineya
[奥15] Umekubo・Sōdake Lake Okutama
3番 [奥30系統] Kamba・Shiromaru Station・Hatonosu Station・Kori Station・Kawai Station (Tokyo) Kami-Hinata
[奥31] Seitō-bashi
[奥32] (circular-route) Nagahata・Kamba・Moegi-no-Yu Okutama Station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 892 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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