Haijima Station

Haijima Station
拝島駅

North side of the station, August 2009
Location 4 Matsubara-chō (JR East)
5-21-2 Mihori-chō (Seibu)
Akishima, Tokyo
（東京都昭島市松原町4丁目 (JR East)
東京都昭島市美堀町5-21-2 (Seibu)）
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform + 3 island platforms
Other information
Station code SS36 (Seibu)
History
Opened 1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 29,336 (JR East)
34,441 (Seibu)

Haijima Station (拝島駅 Haijima-eki) is a railway station in Akishima, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Haijima is a major stop on the Ōme Line between Ōme and Tachikawa, with through services operating to and from Tokyo via the Chūō Line (Rapid). Haijima is a station stop for the Ōme Liner. It is 6.9 kilometers from the start of the Ōme Line at Tachikawa.

Nominally a terminus of the Itsukaichi Line, Haijima has many through trains going from Tachikawa to Musashi-Itsukaichi.

Trains on the Hachikō Line connect Haijima to Hachiōji and Komagawa, with through services to and from Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line. It is 9.9 kilometers from Hachiōji Station.

Haijima is a terminus of the Seibu Haijima Line, with services running from Seibu Shinjuku via the Seibu Shinjuku Line. It is 14.3 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kodaira and 36.9 kilometers from Seibu Shinjuku Station.

Station layout

View of Hachikō Line platforms 4 and 5 from platform 3, August 2009

The JR East side of the station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving a total of five tracks.[1] The station building is elevated and is above the tracks and platforms. the station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office.

The Seibu side of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.[2]

Platforms

1 ■ Itsukaichi Line for Musashi-Itsukaichi
2 ■ Ōme Line for Ōme and Okutama
3 ■ Ōme Line for Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
4 ■ Hachikō Line for Komagawa and Kawagoe
5 ■ Hachikō Line for Hachiōji
6/7 ■ Seibu Haijima Line for Kodaira and Seibu-Shinjuku

Low-cost platform edge doors consisting of three bars that are raised and lowered were installed along part of platform 5 on an experimental basis in March 2015.[3]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ōme Line
Kabe Ōme Liner Tachikawa
Ushihama Local Akishima
Itsukaichi Line
Kumagawa Local Terminus
Hachikō Line
Komiya   Local   Higashi-Fussa
Seibu Haijima Line
Seibu-Tachikawa   Express   Terminus
Seibu-Tachikawa   Semi express   Terminus
Seibu-Tachikawa   Local   Terminus

History

The station opened on 19 November 1894.[1] The Seibu station opened on 15 May 1968.[4]

The southern section of the Hachikō Line between Hachiōji and Komagawa was electrified on 16 March 1996, with through services commencing between Hachiōji and Kawagoe.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Haijima Station becoming "SS36".[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 29,336 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) making it the 144th busiest JR East station.[6] In the same fiscal year, the station was the 27th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 34,441 passengers daily.[7]

The passenger figures in previous years are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

Fiscal year Daily average
JR East Seibu
2005 26,225[8] 28,529[9]
2010 28,350[10] 33,233[11]
2011 28,076[12] 32,607[13]
2012 28,465[14] 33,378[15]
2013 29,335[16] 34,315[17]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 "Haijima Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Haijima Station Information" (in Japanese). Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. ↑ 八高線拝島駅で昇降式ホーム柵の使用開始 [Platform edge fences brought into use at Haijima Station on Hachiko Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  5. ↑ 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (pdf). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. February 23, 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  7. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2014（平成26）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2005（平成17）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2010（平成22）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2011（平成23）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2012（平成24）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2012)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [FY2013 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  17. ↑ 駅別乗降人員　2013（平成25）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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