Enzan Station

Enzan Station 塩山駅
North Exit of Enzan Station
Location	1720, Enzan-Kamiozo, Kōshū, Yamanashi （山梨県甲州市塩山上於曽1720） Japan
Coordinates	35°42′19″N 138°44′04″E / 35.705403°N 138.734578°ECoordinates: 35°42′19″N 138°44′04″E / 35.705403°N 138.734578°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1903
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,055 daily

Enzan Station (塩山駅 Enzan-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Enzan-Kamioso, in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 116.9 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

Enzan Station has a single side platform and a single island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by overpasses.

Platforms

1	■Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Nirasaki Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2	■Chūō Main Line	sidetrack
3	■Chūō Main Line	for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

History

Enzan Station was opened on 11 June 1903 as part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line from Hajikano to Kōfu.The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1984. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
JR East
Katsunuma-budōkyō		Chūō Main Line		Higashi-Yamanashi

Gallery

• 
  Statue of Takeda Shingen (North Entrance)

References

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)
• JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. {{{1}}}. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.

External links

• JR East Enzan Station