Tachikawa Station

Tachikawa Station (立川駅, Tachikawa-eki) is a railway station in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JC19 JN26
Tachikawa Station

立川駅
Lumine Department Store above Tachikawa Station
Location2-1-1 Akebono-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
  • Chuo Main Line
  • JC Chuo Line (Rapid)
  • JN Nambu Line
  • JC Ome Line
Platforms4 island platforms
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=958
History
Opened11 April 1889
Passengers
FY2014160,347 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hachiōji
JC22
toward Takao
Narita Express Kokubunji
JC16
Hachiōji
JC22
Azusa Shinjuku
SJKJC05
toward Chiba or Tokyo
Hachiōji
JC22
toward Ryūō
Kaiji Shinjuku
SJKJC05
toward Tokyo
Hachiōji
JC22
toward Ōtsuki
Fuji Excursion Shinjuku
SJKJC05
Terminus
Hino
JC20
toward Shiojiri
Chūō Main Line Terminus
Hachiōji
JC22
Terminus
Hachioji Shinjuku
SJKJC05
toward Tokyo
Hachiōji
One-way operation
Chūō Line
  Commuter Special Rapid
Kokubunji
JC16
toward Tokyo
Hino
JC20
toward Ōtsuki
Chūō Line
  Chūō Special Rapid
through to Ōme Line Chūō Line
  Ōme Special Rapid
Hino
JC20
toward Ōtsuki
Chūō Line
  Commuter Rapid
Kokubunji
One-way operation
Chūō Line
Rapid
Kunitachi
JC18
toward Tokyo
Hino
JC20
toward Hachiōji
Musashino Kunitachi
JC18
toward Ōmiya
Haijima
JC55
toward Ōme
Ōme Shinjuku
SJKJC05
toward Tokyo
Nishi-Tachikawa
One-way operation
Ōme Line
  Commuter Special Rapid
through to Chūō Line
Nishi-Tachikawa
JC51
toward Ōme
Ōme Line
  Ōme Special Rapid
  Commuter Rapid
Nishi-Tachikawa
JC51
toward Oku-Tama
Ōme Line
Rapid
Ōme Line
  Local
Terminus
Terminus Nambu Line
  Rapid
Bubaigawara
JN21
toward Kawasaki
Nambu Line
Local
Nishi-Kunitachi
JN25
toward Kawasaki
Location
Tachikawa Station
Location within Tokyo
Tachikawa Station
Tachikawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Tachikawa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is located 37.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also a terminus for both the Ōme Line and Nambu Lines. Although the Itsukaichi Line does not reach Tachikawa, a few trains on that line continue along the Ome Line tracks to serve this station.

Station layout

This station consists of four ground-level island platforms serving eight tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Tachikawa-Minami Station and Tachikawa Kita Station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line flank Tachikawa Station, and are connected to it by decks. The Lumine department store occupies the upper floors of the station building.

Platforms

1,2 JC Ōme Line for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama
JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima)
(Starting service here)
3 JC Chūō Line for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Chūō Line Limited Express Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji, Narita Express
4 JC Chūō Line (Rapid) for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo (Starting service here)
JC Ōme Line for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama
JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima)
(Early morning)
5 JC Chūō Line Chūō Line (Rapid): for Hachioji, Takao, Otsuki
Chūō Main Line: for Otsuki, Kofu and Matsumoto
(Starts service here)
JC Chūō Line (Rapid) for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo (Starts service here)
JC Ōme Line for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama
JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima)
Hachikō Line for Komagawa (via Haijima)
(Trains from the Chūō Line through service to Ōme Line will stop at this platform)
6 JC Chūō Line Chūō Line (Rapid): for Hachioji, Takao, Otsuki
Chūō Main Line: for Otsuki, Kofu and Matsumoto
Chūō Line Limited Express Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji, Narita Express
JC Ōme Line for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama
JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima)
Hachikō Line for Komagawa (via Haijima)
(Trains from the Chūō Line through service to Ōme Line will also stop at this platform)
7,8 JN Nambu Line for Fuchūhonmachi, Noborito, Kawasaki

Track layout

Track layout around Tachikawa Station[1][2]
Nambu Line to KawasakiChūō Main Line
to Takao, Otsuki, Kofu, Matsumoto
Chūō Main Line
to Shinjuku, Tokyo
Ōme Line to Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama

History

The Kōbu Railway, which later became the Chūō Main Line, opened the station on April 11, 1889. The Ōme Railway (presently the Ōme Line) and the Nambu Railway (presently the Nambu Line) were connected to the station on November 19, 1894, and December 11, 1929, respectively.[3]

The Itsukaichi Line was also connected to the station from July 13, 1930, to October 11, 1944, via a separate track between Tachikawa and Haijima, which was closed following the integration of the operation of the Ōme and Itsukaichi lines under the Japanese Government Railways in April 1944.[4]

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014 the station was used by an average of 160,347 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000132,672[6]
2005150,009[7]
2010157,517[8]
2011155,868[9]
2012157,468[10]
2013160,411[11]

See also

References

  1. Suzuki, Fumihiko. "Tetsudō Kakusen no Jittai to Mondai o Genchi ni miru (2) - Nanbu Sen, Ōme Sen, Itsukaichi Sen (2)". The Railway Journal (in Japanese). Tetsudō Jānaru Sha (March 2000, No. 401): 77.
  2. Inoue, Kōji (2009). Haisenryakuzu de Hirogaru Tetsu no Sekai - Rosen o Yomitoku & Tsukuru Hon (in Japanese). Shūwa Shisutemu. p. 139. ISBN 978-4-7980-2200-0.
  3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 69, 178, 193. ISBN 4533029809.
  4. Ishino, supra, p. 198, vol. II
  5. 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.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  10. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  11. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

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