Ōguchi Station

Ōguchi Station
大口駅
Ōguchi Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Kanagawa
Neighborhood etc. Ōguchi-dōri
Postal code221-0002
(in Japanese)神奈川県 横浜市神奈川区大口通
History
Year opened 1947
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Yokohama Line
Statistics 17,164 passengers/day (FY2008)[1]
There is a bus stop near this station

Ōguchi Station (大口駅 Ōguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Yokohama Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōguchi Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Higashi-Kanagawa to Hachioji, and lies 2.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa. Many services continue west of Higashi-Kanagawa via the Negishi Line to Sakuragicho during the offpeak, and to Ōfuna during the morning peak.

Station layout

Ōguchi Station has a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1 Yokohama Line for Machida and Hachioji
2 Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Sakuragicho, and Ōfuna

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Higashi-Kanagawa   Local   Kikuna

History

Ōguchi Station opened on December 20, 1947 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

References

  1. JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.


External links

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Coordinates: 35°29′32″N 139°38′46″E / 35.4922°N 139.6462°E