Fuchinobe Station

Fuchinobe Station
淵野辺駅
Platforms
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Sagamihara
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. Fuchinobe 3-5-16
Postal code229 - 0006
(in Japanese)相模原市中央区淵野辺三丁目5-16
History
Year opened 1908
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Yokohama Line
Statistics 38,577 passengers/day 2008 [1]
There is a bus stop near this station

Fuchinobe Station (淵野辺駅 Fuchinobe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 28.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

History

Fuchibe Station was opened on September 23, 1908 on the Yokohama Railway. The Yokohama Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1910 and became part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) in 1917. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1977. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

Station layout

Fuchinobe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 ■Yokohama Line Machida, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa
2 ■Yokohama Line Hashimoto, Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Kobuchi Local Yabe

Surrounding area

References

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

External links

Coordinates: 35°34′7.17″N 139°23′42.2″E / 35.5686583°N 139.395056°E