Tachikawa Station

Tachikawa Station 立川駅
Lumine Department Store above Tachikawa Station
Location	2-1-1 Akebono-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo (東京都立川市曙町二丁目1-1) Japan
Line(s)	■ Chūō Main Line ■ Nambu Line ■ Ōme Line
Platforms	4 island platforms
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=958
History
Opened	11 April 1889
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	160,347 daily
Location
Tachikawa Station Location within Japan

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

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.

Station layout

1・2	■Ōme Line		Haijima・Ōme・Okutama ■Itsukaichi Line Musashi Itsukaichi	(Initial)
3	■■Chūō Line	(Up)	Mitaka・Shinjuku・Tokyo
4	■Chūō Line	(Up)	Mitaka・Shinjuku・Tokyo ■Sōbu Line Tsudanuma・Chiba	(First Train) (On Holidays and Saturdays Early Morning)
	■Ōme Line		Haijima・Ōme ■Itsukaichi Line MusashiItsukaichi	(Early Morning)
5	■■Chūō Line	(Down)	Hachiōji・Takao・Ōtsuki・Kōfu・Matsumoto	(First Train)
		(Up)	Mitaka・Shinjuku・Tokyo ■Sōbu Line Tsudanuma・Chiba	(Initial) (On Holidays and Saturdays Early Morning)
	■Ōme Line		Haijima・Ōme・Okutama ■Itsukaichi Line MusashiItsukaichi ■Hachikō Line Komagawa	(From the Chūō Line) (Early Morning)
6	■■Chūō Line	(Down)	Hachiōji・Takao・Ōtsuki・Kōfu・Matsumoto
	■Ōme Line		Haijima・Ōme・Okutama ■Itsukaichi Line MusashiItsukaichi ■Hachikō Line Komagawa	(From the Chūō Line)
7・8	■Nambu Line		Fuchūhonmachi・Noborito・Kawasaki

Track layout around Tachikawa Station^[1][2]

	Nambu Line to Kawasaki	Chūō Main Line to Nagoya
Chūō Main Line to Tokyo
	Ōme Line to Okutama

Adjacent Stations

«		Service	»
Chūō Main Line
Kokubunji		Narita Express		Hachioji
Terminus		Local	Hino
Chūō Line (Rapid)
Shinjuku		Chūō Liner		Hachioji
Kokubunji		Commuter Special Rapid		Hachioji
Kokubunji		Chūō Special Rapid		Hino
Kokubunji		Commuter Rapid		Hino
Kunitachi		Rapid		Hino
Kunitachi		Local		Hino
Ōme Line
Shinjuku		Ōme Liner		Haijima
Kokubunji		Ōme Special Rapid		Nishi-Tachikawa
Kunitachi		Rapid		Nishi-Tachikawa
Kunitachi		Local		Nishi-Tachikawa
Nambu Line
Bubaigawara		Rapid		Terminus
Nishi-Kunitachi		Local		Terminus

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 year	Daily average
2000	132,672[6]
2005	150,009[7]
2010	157,517[8]
2011	155,868[9]
2012	157,468[10]
2013	160,411[11]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.

External links

• Station information (JR East) (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°41′54″N 139°24′50″E / 35.69833°N 139.41389°E