Ryūō Station

Ryūō Station 竜王駅
South entrance (a.k.a. Fujisan Gate)
Location
Prefecture	Yamanashi (See other stations in Yamanashi)
City	Kai
Neighborhood etc.	Mubanchi, Ryūōshinmachi
Coordinates	35°40′08″N 138°31′11″E / 35.668772°N 138.519744°E / 35.668772; 138.519744Coordinates: 35°40′08″N 138°31′11″E / 35.668772°N 138.519744°E / 35.668772; 138.519744
Postal code	400-0111
(in Japanese)	山梨県甲斐市竜王新町無番地
History
Year opened	1903
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Statistics	2,061 passengers/day 2010
Small bus terminal at this station

Ryūō Station (竜王駅, Ryūō-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Ryūō-shinmachi, in the city of Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 138.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Ryūō Station opened on December 15, 1903 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the joint control of the East Japan Railway Company and the Japan Freight Railway Company. A container terminal was established on June 1, 1988. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004. A new station building was completed in March 2008.

Layout

Ryūō Station has two island platforms, serving three tracks

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Gallery

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  North entrance (a.k.a. Shōsen-kyō Gate)

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. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2. 

External links

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• JR East Ryūō Station