Kitano Station (Tokyo)

Kitano Station (北野駅, Kitano Eki^?) is a railway station in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, and is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines of the Keiō Electric Railway. It was built in 1925.

History

The station opened on March 24, 1925 as a stop on the Gyokunan Electric Railway, which was absorbed into the Keio Electric Tramway on December 1, 1926. The Goryō Line opened to Tama-Goryō-mae on March 20, 1931 but was suspended on January 21, 1945.

After the war, on October 1, 1967, Keio Teito Electric Railway opened the Takao Line to Takao-Sanguchi, part of which used the old Goryō Line. The station was elevated in the early 1990s. Semi Special Expresses began calling here upon their creation on March 27, 2001.

Services

Five types of train services stop at this station: local, rapid, commuter rapid, express, and semi special express. Special express trains do not stop.

Trains run 0445-0050 weekdays and 0450-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

• 9 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae, Shinjuku)
  • 6 are Local

• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 trains to Takao-Sanguchi, of which:
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takao-Sanguchi)
  • 3 are Local

The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:

• 12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 6 are Semi-Special Express
  • 6 are Local
• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 Local trains to Takao-Sanguchi

Station layout

There are four tracks and two elevated island platforms. Tracks 1 and 2 are for Keiō Line trains bound for Keio Hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takao Station. Tracks 3 and 4 head for Shinjuku Station.