Katakura Station

Katakura Station
片倉駅
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
City Hachiōji
Neighborhood etc. Katakura-machi
Postal code192-0914
(in Japanese)東京都八王子市片倉町
History
Year opened 1957
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Yokohama Line
Statistics 5,126 passengers/day (FY2011)

Katakura Station (片倉駅 Katakura-eki) is a railway station on the Yokohama Line in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Katakura Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Hachiōji to Higashi-Kanagawa, and is located 2.6 km from the northern terminus of the line at Hachiōji.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[2]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokohama Line
Hachiōji-Minamino   Rapid   Hachiōji
Hachiōji-Minamino   Local   Hachiōji

History

The station opened on 28 December 1957.[1] A new elevated station building was completed in March 1988, coinciding with the doubling of the Yokohama line between Hachiōji and Aihara.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 5,126 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 週刊JR全駅・全車両基地 No.03 [Weekly All Stations and All Depots No.3]. Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. August 2012. p. 28. ISBN 4910232440825.
  2. 各駅情報(片倉駅) [Station Information: Katakura Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°38′22.9″N 139°20′29″E / 35.639694°N 139.34139°E